What's new and changed in Watson Discovery

Watson Discovery 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.

Installing or upgrading Watson Discovery

Ready to install or upgrade Watson Discovery?

To install Watson Discovery along with the other IBM® Software Hub services, see Installing IBM Software Hub.
To upgrade Watson Discovery along with the other IBM Software Hub services, see Upgrading IBM Software Hub.
To install or upgrade Watson Discovery independently, see Watson Discovery.
Remember: All of the IBM Software Hub components associated with an instance of IBM Software Hub must be installed at the same version.

IBM Software Hub Version 5.4.0

A new version of Watson Discovery was released in June 2026 with IBM Software Hub 5.4.0.

Operand version: 5.4.0

This release includes the following changes:

Version 5.4.0 of the Watson Discovery service includes various fixes.

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.