# Grafana v11.6.1 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Grafana (https://grafana.com)
- **Version:** v11.6.1
- **Released:** Apr 23, 2025
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/grafana/updates/v11.6.1/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Grafana v11.6.1. Source highlight: Download page

## New Features
- **Chore:** Update JWT library (CVE-2025-30204) #102727, @grambbledook
- **DashboardScenePage:** Correct slug in self referencing data links #103854, @Sergej-Vlasov
- **Dependencies:** Bump github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 to 9.7.3 to address CVE-2025-29923 #102863, @macabu
- **Go:** Bump to 1.24.2 #103523, @Proximyst
- **Go:** Bump to 1.24.2 (Enterprise)
- **GrafanaUI:** Use safePolygon close handler for interactive tooltips instead of a delay #102869, @mthorning

## Bug Fixes
- **Alertmanager:** Add Role-Based Access Control via reqAction Field #103479, @olegpixel
- **GrafanaUI:** Remove blurred background from overlay backdrops to improve performance #103647, @joshhunt
- **InfluxDB:** Fix nested variable interpolation #104096, @aangelisc
- **LDAP test:** Fix page crash #102684, @ashharrison90
- **Org redirection:** Fix linking between orgs #102870, @ashharrison90
- **Security:** Fix CVE-2025-3454