Blender 5.1 Release Notes

Blender 5.1 is currently in Beta until March 11, 2026. See schedule.

Under development in blender-v5.1-release.

• Animation & Rigging
• Assets
• Compositor
• Core
• Cycles
• EEVEE & Viewport
• Geometry Nodes
• Grease Pencil
• Modeling & UV
• Motion Tracking
• Pipeline & I/O
• Python API
• Rendering
• Sculpt, Paint, Texture
• User Interface
• Video Sequencer
• Virtual Reality

Compatibility

• Libraries have been upgraded to match VFX platform 2026, including:
  • Python 3.13
  • OpenColorIO 2.5
  • OpenEXR 3.4
  • OpenVDB 13.0

• Node Tools now have a global unique idname requirement. This can be set automatically by opening and saving files in 5.1, or chosen manually in the node editor header.