# Homebrew 6.0.11

- Product: Homebrew (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/homebrew)
- Vendor: Homebrew
- Date: 2026-07-14
- Version: 6.0.11
- Original notes: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/releases/tag/6.0.11
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/homebrew/releases/6.0.11
- Labels: Platforms: macOS, Linux

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- **added** — Add brew vulns command
- **added** — Accept --brewfile as an input source for brew deps command
- **changed** — Enable more cask metadata migration to JSON for all users
- **changed** — Skip rewriting Mach-O binaries when delete_rpath changes nothing
- **changed** — Use RubyMacho 6.0.0
- **changed** — Preserve cask container metadata
- **changed** — Show application of file and data patches
- **changed** — Start bottle downloads before dependency fetches
- **changed** — Prewarm Bootsnap caches after brew update
- **fixed** — Fix brew outdated --greedy crash on installed casks without a URL
- **fixed** — Keep the current internal package API file on brew cleanup -s
- **fixed** — Fall back to verbatim head URL for non-forge repos in vulns scanner
- **fixed** — Merge into existing records instead of overwriting in vulns OSV export
- **removed** — Remove dead API methods and move generated_hash! to tests

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##### What's Changed
* Enable more cask metadata migration to JSON for all users by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/22958
* Skip rewriting Mach-O binaries when delete_rpath changes nothing by @hyuraku in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23079
* test_bot/formulae: remove generic tests by @cho-m in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23082
* Return a shared type instance from type constructors when runtime checking is disabled by @dduugg in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23078
* test_bot/formulae: skip portable Ruby tests on macOS if same version by @cho-m in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23083
* Test fixes for portable Ruby macOS runners by @cho-m in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23081
* test/cask/audit_spec: fix min OS for Intel by @cho-m in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23085
* Fix `brew outdated --greedy` crash on installed casks without a URL by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23084
* Revert "Return a shared type instance from type constructors when runtime checking is disabled" by @dduugg in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23091
* Fix more test failures by @cho-m in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23088
* Add brew vulns command by @andrew in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23080
* Remove dead API methods and move generated_hash! to tests by @dduugg in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23095
* Fix donation link by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23098
* Test uninstalling casks by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23097
* Use RubyMacho 6.0.0 by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23047
* Test without Sorbet runtime by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23099
* Preserve cask container metadata by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23100
* cmd/deps: accept --brewfile as an input source by @andrew in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23104
* vulns/scanner: fall back to verbatim head URL for non-forge repos by @andrew in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23103
* dev-cmd/generate-vulns-advisories: OSV advisory export for homebrew-advisory-database by @andrew in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23106
* Keep the current internal package API file on `brew cleanup -s` by @p-linnane in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23111
* Show application of file and data patches by @Bo98 in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23110
* vulns/osv_export: merge into existing records instead of overwriting by @andrew in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23112
* test_bot/formulae: only run subset of `brew tests` for portable Ruby by @cho-m in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23113
* Start bottle downloads before dependency fetches by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23105
* download_queue: wake on completed downloads by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23107
* Prewarm Bootsnap caches after `brew update` by @MikeMcQuaid in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23108
* generate-vulns-advisories: derive initial fixed via FormulaVersions by @andrew in https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/23115


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/compare/6.0.10...6.0.11