What's new and changed in Execution Engine for Apache Hadoop

Execution Engine for Apache Hadoop updates can include new features and fixes. Releases are listed in reverse chronological order so that the latest release is at the beginning of the topic.

You can see a list of the new features for the platform and all of the services at What's new in IBM Software Hub.

IBM Cloud Pak for Data Version 5.3.1

A new version of Execution Engine for Apache Hadoop was released in February 2026.

This release includes the following changes:

Updates: The following updates were introduced in this release:
The Execution Engine for Apache Hadoop RPM is now upgraded to use Knox 2.1.0.

Customer-reported issues fixed in this release: For a list of customer-reported issues that were fixed in this release, see the Fix List for IBM Cloud Pak for Data on the IBM Support website.

IBM Cloud Pak for Data Version 5.3.0

A new version of Execution Engine for Apache Hadoop was released in December 2025.

This release includes the following changes:

Customer-reported issues fixed in this release: For a list of customer-reported issues that were fixed in this release, see the Fix List for IBM Cloud Pak for Data on the IBM Support website.