# dbt Core v1.6.8 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** dbt Core (https://www.getdbt.com)
- **Version:** v1.6.8
- **Released:** Nov 08, 2023
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/dbt-core/updates/v1.6.8/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
dbt Core v1.6.8. Source highlight: dbt-core 1.6.8 - November 08, 2023

## Bug Fixes
- Catalog queries now assign the correct type to materialized views (#8864)
- Fix compilation exception running empty seed file and support new Integer agate data_type (#8895)