# Accelerate v1.8.1 — v1.8.1: Patchfix

- Product: Accelerate (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/accelerate)
- Vendor: Hugging Face
- Date: 2025-06-20
- Version: v1.8.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/huggingface/accelerate/releases/tag/v1.8.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/accelerate/releases/v1.8.1

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- **added** — Add support for e5e2 and default to hybrid when launcher is used
- **changed** — Shards

- Add support for e5e2 and default to hybrid when launcher is used by @IlyasMoutawwakil in https://github.com/huggingface/accelerate/pull/3640
- shards by @SunMarc in https://github.com/huggingface/accelerate/pull/3645

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/huggingface/accelerate/compare/v1.8.0...v1.8.1