# dbt Core v1.12.5 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** dbt Core (https://www.getdbt.com)
- **Version:** v1.12.5
- **Released:** Sep 15, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/dbt-core/updates/v1.12.5/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
dbt Core v1.12.5. Source highlight: dbt-core 1.12.5 - September 15, 2026

## New Features
- Add a banner to the `dbt-core` PyPI description pointing users to the v2 install docs (#)

## Bug Fixes
- Fix `Dimension` to satisfy the `metricflow-semantic-interfaces` protocol and bump the `metricflow` floor to 0.213.0 (#, #)