# Suricata 6.0.2 and 5.0.6 released

**URL:** https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-6-0-2-and-5-0-6-released/1170
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**Created:** [March 2, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-6-0-2-and-5-0-6-released/1170 "2021-03-02T12:19:27Z")
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We are pleased to announce the releases of Suricata 6.0.2 and 5.0.6. These releases are bug fix releases, fixing numerous important issues.

# Get the releases here:

6.0.2: [https://www.openinfosecfoundation.org/download/suricata-6.0.2.tar.gz](https://www.openinfosecfoundation.org/download/suricata-6.0.2.tar.gz)  
5.0.6: [https://www.openinfosecfoundation.org/download/suricata-5.0.6.tar.gz](https://www.openinfosecfoundation.org/download/suricata-5.0.6.tar.gz)

# Notable Changes

Libhtp has been updated to 0.5.37  
Various performance, accuracy and stability issues have been fixed  
Tickets for 5.0.6: [5.0.6 - Suricata - Open Information Security Foundation](https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/versions/164)  
Tickets for 6.0.2: [6.0.2 - Suricata - Open Information Security Foundation](https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/versions/162)

# Special Thanks

Oss-Fuzz, Coverity Scan, Ilya Bakhtin, Gianni Tedesco, Ilya Bakhtin, Josh Stroschein, Kirby Kuehl, Sascha Steinbiss

Special shout out to our Outreachy intern [Tharushi Jayasekara](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tharushijayasekara/). She has helped us greatly with her Suricata-Verify improvements in a very successful internship! Thank you Tharushi!

# Free Webinar

Join our free webinar “Threat Hunting with Suricata”:

> **[Webinar - Threat Hunting with Suricata](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/webinar-threat-hunting-with-suricata-tickets-142989789309)**
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> Join us to learn how you can go beyond alerts and learn how to use other Suricata capabilities to help detect and investigate modern threats

Past webinar recording can be found in our youtube channel: [OISF-Suricata - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/c/OISFSuricata)

# Suricon 2021 call for talks and trainings

We’re hopeful that we’ll be able to do an in-person or hybrid event this fall, so submit your talk and/or training!

> **[Call for Talks – SURICON](https://suricon.net/call-for-talks/)**

> **[SuriCon 2021 – Call for Trainings](https://suricata-ids.org/2021/02/26/suricon-2021-call-for-trainings/)**
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> We are pleased to announce our Call for Trainings for SuriCon 2021! SuriCon opens with two days of training prior to the start of the conference. Training submissions should be for either a 1 or 2 …

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# About Suricata

Suricata is a high performance Network Threat Detection, IDS, IPS and Network Security Monitoring engine. Open source and owned by a community run non-profit foundation, the Open Information Security Foundation (OISF). Suricata is developed by OISF, its supporting vendors and the community.