# Certbot 5.6.0 Release

**URL:** <https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certbot-5-6-0-release/247163>\
**Category:** Client dev\
**Created:** [May 11, 2026, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certbot-5-6-0-release/247163 "2026-05-11T17:10:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![bmw](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/bmw/32/7797_2.png) [@bmw](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/bmw)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certbot-5-6-0-release/247163/1 "2026-05-11T17:10:00Z")

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Certbot 5.6.0 has just been released. The changelog for the release is:

## 5.6.0 - 2026-05-11

### Changed

- certbot now requires version 1.7+ of the library distro and certbot-dns-cloudflare requires 4.0+ of the Cloudflare Python library. ([#10587](https://github.com/certbot/certbot/issues/10587))

### Fixed

- The certbot-dns-ovh snap and docker image now properly delete any created TXT records after the challenge is completed by requiring dns-lexicon 3.25.1 which contains the fix. ([#10492](https://github.com/certbot/certbot/issues/10492))
- Our Docker images have been updated to use Python 3.14 and Alpine Linux 3.23. ([#10619](https://github.com/certbot/certbot/issues/10619))

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**Author:** ![rg305](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/rg305/32/91314_2.png) [@rg305](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/rg305)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certbot-5-6-0-release/247163/2 "2026-05-11T17:44:33Z")

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> [@bmw](#):
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> `certbot now requires version 1.7+ of the library distro`

Does that read better:  
`certbot now requires version 1.7+ of the distro library`

[maybe it's just me]

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/3X/c/a/ca6c06ea1ea201324bba7048c6841ce60236468d.png) [@system](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certbot-5-6-0-release/247163/3 "2026-06-10T17:45:10Z")

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