# Ollama v0.5.12 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Ollama (https://ollama.com)
- **Version:** v0.5.12
- **Released:** Feb 20, 2025
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/ollama/updates/v0.5.12/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ollama v0.5.12. Source highlight: Perplexity R1 1776: A version of the DeepSeek-R1 model that has been post trained to remove its refusal to respond to some sensitive topics.

## Improvements
- Performance on certain Intel Xeon processors should now be restored

## Bug Fixes
- Fixed permission denied issues after installing Ollama on Linux
- Fixed issue where additional CPU libraries were included in the `arm64` Linux install
- Fixed issue where running a model would fail on Linux if Ollama was installed in a path with UTF-8 characters