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Brew: 5.0.12 Release

Release date:

January 25, 2026

Previous version:

5.0.11 (released January 18, 2026)

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Contributors:

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16 Features Released with 5.0.12

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What's Changed

Homebrew-Governance: cleanup. by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21420
cmd/version-install: add new command. by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21418
tests: speed up more cask tests by @bevanjkay in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21427
download_strategy: fallback to Content-Range for file size by @shfc in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21431
deps: enable Sorbet strict typing by @dduugg in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21430
style: fix caching not working if cache directory doesn't already exist by @Bo98 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21433
dev-cmd/formula-analytics: fix non-standard prefix display by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21435
build(deps): bump the github-actions group with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21438
build(deps): bump the bundler group across 1 directory with 5 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21439
cask/audit: fix edge case by @bevanjkay in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21437
docs/FAQ: Remove Mountain Lion reference by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21440
Remove pre-Sierra locale workaround by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21442
Symbolize dependency hash in FormulaStruct by @Rylan12 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21428
Enable strict typing in descriptions & search by @dduugg in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21444
update-report: use Version class for version parsing and comparing by @dduugg in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21447
kernel extension: move truncate_text_to_approximate_size to gist-logs by @dduugg in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21450
formatter: move formatting methods from kernel by @dduugg in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/21451

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/compare/5.0.11...5.0.12