# Amazon EMR on EKS 6.3.0 releases
6.3.0 releases

The following Amazon EMR 6.3.0 releases are available for Amazon EMR on EKS. Select a specific **emr-6.3.0-XXXX** release to view more details such as the related container image tag.
+ [emr-6.3.0-latest](emr-eks-6.3.0-latest.md)
+ [emr-6.3.0-20240321](emr-eks-6.3.0-20240321.md)
+ [emr-6.3.0-20220802](emr-eks-6.3.0-20220802.md)
+ [emr-6.3.0-20211008](emr-eks-6.3.0-20211008.md)
+ [emr-6.3.0-20210802](emr-eks-6.3.0-20210802.md)
+ [emr-6.3.0-20210429](emr-eks-6.3.0-20210429.md)

**Release notes for Amazon EMR 6.3.0**
+ New features ‐ Beginning with Amazon EMR 6.3.0 in the 6.x release series, Amazon EMR on EKS supports Spark’s pod template feature. You can also turn on the Spark event log rotation feature for Amazon EMR on EKS. For more information, see [Using pod templates](pod-templates.md) and [Using Spark event log rotation](emr-eks-log-rotation.md).
+ Supported applications ‐ Spark 3.1.1-amzn-0, Jupyter Enterprise Gateway (endpoints, public preview).
+ Supported components ‐ `aws-hm-client` (Glue connector), `aws-sagemaker-spark-sdk`, `emr-s3-select`, `emrfs`, `emr-ddb`, `hudi-spark`.
+ Supported configuration classifications:    
[\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/EMR-on-EKS-DevelopmentGuide/emr-eks-6.3.0.html)

  Configuration classifications allow you to customize applications. These often correspond to a configuration XML file for the application, such as spark-hive-site.xml. For more information, see [Configuring Applications](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-configure-apps.html).

# emr-6.3.0-latest


**Release notes**: `emr-6.3.0-latest` currently points to `emr-6.3.0-20240321`.

**Regions: ** `emr-6.3.0-latest` is available in all Regions supported by Amazon EMR on EKS. For more information, see [Amazon EMR on EKS service endpoints](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/EMR-on-EKS-DevelopmentGuide/service-quotas.html#service-endpoints). 

**Container image tag**: `emr-6.3.0:latest`

# emr-6.3.0-20240321


**Release notes**: `emr-6.3.0-20240321` was released on March 11, 2024. Compared to the previous release, this release has been refreshed with the recently updated Amazon Linux packages and critical fixes.

**Regions: ** `emr-6.3.0-20240321` is available in all Regions supported by Amazon EMR on EKS. For more information, see [Amazon EMR on EKS service endpoints](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/EMR-on-EKS-DevelopmentGuide/service-quotas.html#service-endpoints). 

**Container image tag**: `emr-6.3.0:20240321`

# emr-6.3.0-20220802


**Release notes**: `emr-6.3.0-20220802` was released on Sep 27, 2022. Compared to the previous version, this version has been refreshed with the recently updated Amazon Linux packages.

**Regions: ** `emr-6.3.0-20220802` is available in all Regions supported by Amazon EMR on EKS. For more information, see [Amazon EMR on EKS service endpoints](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/EMR-on-EKS-DevelopmentGuide/service-quotas.html#service-endpoints). 

**Container image tag**: `emr-6.3.0:20220802`

# emr-6.3.0-20211008


**Release notes**: `emr-6.3.0-20211008` was released on Dec 9, 2021. Compared to the previous version, this version contains issue fixes and security updates.

**Regions: ** `emr-6.3.0-20211008` is available in all Regions supported by Amazon EMR on EKS. For more information, see [Amazon EMR on EKS service endpoints](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/EMR-on-EKS-DevelopmentGuide/service-quotas.html#service-endpoints). 

**Container image tag**: `emr-6.3.0:20211008`

# emr-6.3.0-20210802


**Release notes**: `emr-6.3.0-20210802` was released on Aug 2, 2021. Compared to the previous version, this version contains issue fixes and security updates.

**Regions: ** `emr-6.3.0-20210802` is available in all Regions supported by Amazon EMR on EKS. For more information, see [Amazon EMR on EKS service endpoints](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/EMR-on-EKS-DevelopmentGuide/service-quotas.html#service-endpoints). 

**Container image tag**: `emr-6.3.0:20210802`

# emr-6.3.0-20210429


**Release notes**: `emr-6.3.0-20210429` was released on April 29, 2021. This is the initial release of Amazon EMR 6.3.0.

**Regions: ** `emr-6.3.0-20210429` is available in all Regions supported by Amazon EMR on EKS. For more information, see [Amazon EMR on EKS service endpoints](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/EMR-on-EKS-DevelopmentGuide/service-quotas.html#service-endpoints).

**Container image tag**: `emr-6.3.0:20210429`