# VTK 9.5.0.rc1

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-5-0-rc1/15630
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** release-process
**Created:** [May 15, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-5-0-rc1/15630 "2025-05-15T14:42:30Z")
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### Author: ![sankhesh](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/sankhesh/32/73_2.png) [@sankhesh](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/sankhesh)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-5-0-rc1/15630/1 "2025-05-15T14:42:30Z")

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VTK 9.5.0.rc1 has been [tagged](https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/commits/v9.5.0.rc1)!

Downloads for docs, sources, wheels, release notes should be available in the coming week. In the meantime, please feel free to test the candidate, report issues, and submit patches. If making bug fixes:

- Please branch off from the tag

- Target `master` on the merge request

- Add `Backport: release` in the merge request description

- Set the milestone to `v9.5.0`

Thank you!