# DockerSpawner 13 release

**URL:** <https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/dockerspawner-13-release/22525>\
**Category:** JupyterHub\
**Tags:** announcement, release, security\
**Created:** [November 21, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/dockerspawner-13-release/22525 "2023-11-21T18:08:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![minrk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/minrk/32/13_2.png) [@minrk](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/minrk)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/dockerspawner-13-release/22525/1 "2023-11-21T18:08:31Z")

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DockerSpawner 13.0 has been released, which includes several fixes, most notably a security fix for validating user-requested images to launch. Upgrade via pip or conda:

```
pip install --upgrade dockerspawner

```

A security advisory will be published soon, once the updates are widely available: [https://github.com/jupyterhub/dockerspawner/security/advisories/GHSA-hfgr-h3vc-p6c2](https://github.com/jupyterhub/dockerspawner/security/advisories/GHSA-hfgr-h3vc-p6c2) (link will work when it’s published).