# dbt Core v1.8.6 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** dbt Core (https://www.getdbt.com)
- **Version:** v1.8.6
- **Released:** Aug 29, 2024
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/dbt-core/updates/v1.8.6/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
dbt Core v1.8.6. Source highlight: dbt-core 1.8.6 - August 29, 2024

## Improvements
- Improve speed of tree traversal when finding children, increasing build speed for some selectors (#10434)

## Bug Fixes
- Late render pre- and post-hooks configs in properties / schema YAML files (#10603)