Introducing AWS Glue 5.1

AWS Glue 5.1 is now generally available, delivering improved performance, security updates, expanded Apache Iceberg capabilities, and AWS Lake Formation write support for data integration workloads.

AWS Glue is a serverless, scalable data integration service that simplifies discovering, preparing, moving, and integrating data from multiple sources. This release upgrades core engines to Apache Spark 3.5.6, Python 3.11, and Scala 2.12.18, bringing performance and security enhancements. It also updates support for open table format libraries, including Apache Hudi 1.0.2, Apache Iceberg 1.10.0, and Delta Lake 3.3.2.

AWS Glue 5.1 introduces support for Apache Iceberg format version 3.0, adding default column values, deletion vectors for merge-on-read tables, multi-argument transforms, and row lineage tracking. This release also extends AWS Lake Formation fine-grained access control to write operations (both DML and DDL) for Spark DataFrames and Spark SQL. Previously, this capability was limited to read operations only. AWS Glue 5.1 also adds full-table access control in Apache Spark for Apache Hudi and Delta Lake tables, providing more comprehensive security options for your data.

AWS Glue 5.1 is available in US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), Europe (Ireland), Europe (Stockholm), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (Spain), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), and South America (São Paulo). Visit the AWS Glue documentation for more information.