# Prisma 5.8.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Prisma (https://prisma.io)
- **Version:** 5.8.0
- **Released:** Jan 09, 2024
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/prisma/updates/5.8.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Prisma 5.8.0. Source highlight: 🌟 **Help us spread the word about Prisma by starring the repo or posting on X about the release.** 🌟

## New Features
- Add FreeBSD 14 as a new platform
- Add quickfix for `Error validating field 'id' in model 'Post': MongoDB '@default(auto())' fields must have 'ObjectId' native type.`
- Append mention of update to "preview feature not known" error message

## Improvements
- `join` — uses `JOIN`s to fetch relation data
- `query` — uses separate queries to fetch relation data

## Upgrade Command
```bash
npm install --save-dev --save-exact prisma@5.8.0
```