3.1.0 Release Candidate #11704
Description
Hi everyone, we are delighted to announce a new release 3.1.0 for XGBoost in the upcoming weeks. We invite everyone to try out the release candidate (RC).
Draft of the release note: https://xgboost.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changes/v3.1.0.html
Feedback period: until the end of October 10, 2025. No new feature will be added to the release branch; only bug fixes will be backported. If you have specific items that you want to include in the upcoming release, please share them in the comment below. Let's ensure that:
- Each item has an associated ticket
- Blocking issue must be marked as blocking
- Breaking change must be marked as breaking
@dmlc/xgboost-committer
Available packages:
- Python package
pip install xgboost==3.1.0rc1
For CPU-only build:
pip install xgboost-cpu==3.1.0rc1
- New: Python package for CUDA 13 environment
pip install xgboost-cu13==3.1.0rc1
- JVM packages
Show instructions for CPU (Maven/SBT)
Maven
<dependencies>
...
<dependency>
<groupId>ml.dmlc</groupId>
<artifactId>xgboost4j-spark_2.13</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0-RC1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>XGBoost4J Release Repo</id>
<name>XGBoost4J Release Repo</name>
<url>https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/xgboost-maven-repo/release/</url>
</repository>
</repositories>SBT
libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
"org.apache.spark" %% "spark-core" % "3.5.0",
"org.apache.spark" %% "spark-sql" % "3.5.0",
"org.apache.spark" %% "spark-mllib" % "3.5.0",
"ml.dmlc" %% "xgboost4j-spark" % "3.1.0-RC1"
)
resolvers += ("XGBoost4J Release Repo"
at "https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/xgboost-maven-repo/release/")Show instructions for GPU (Maven/SBT)
Maven
<dependencies>
...
<dependency>
<groupId>ml.dmlc</groupId>
<artifactId>xgboost4j-spark-gpu_2.13</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0-RC1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>XGBoost4J Release Repo</id>
<name>XGBoost4J Release Repo</name>
<url>https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/xgboost-maven-repo/release/</url>
</repository>
</repositories>SBT
libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
"org.apache.spark" %% "spark-core" % "3.5.0",
"org.apache.spark" %% "spark-sql" % "3.5.0",
"org.apache.spark" %% "spark-mllib" % "3.5.0",
"ml.dmlc" %% "xgboost4j-spark-gpu" % "3.1.0-RC1"
)
resolvers += ("XGBoost4J Release Repo"
at "https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/xgboost-maven-repo/release/")- R package
xgboost_r_gpu_linux_3.1.0.tar.gz: Download
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