# SciPy v1.18.1 — SciPy 1.18.1

- Product: SciPy (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/scipy)
- Vendor: SciPy
- Date: 2026-08-21
- Version: v1.18.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/scipy/scipy/releases/tag/v1.18.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/scipy/releases/v1.18.1

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- **changed** — Minimum required version of the GCC toolchain increased to 10.3.0
- **added** — Binaries on PyPI for Python 3.15

SciPy 1.18.1 Release Notes
=====================

SciPy `1.18.1` is a bug-fix release with no new features
compared to `1.18.0`. This release includes binaries on
PyPI for Python `3.15`, and the minimum required version
of the GCC toolchain has been increased to `10.3.0`.


Authors
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* Name (commits)
* Wasim Akram (2) +
* Jake Bowhay (1)
* Michael Bratsch (1)
* Dietrich Brunn (1)
* Evgeni Burovski (1)
* Aadya Chinubhai (1)
* Lucas Colley (3)
* Tekin Ertekin (1) +
* Fuyugithub (2) +
* Ralf Gommers (11)
* Joren Hammudoglu (1)
* Ijtihed Kilani (1) +
* Andrew Nelson (2)
* Ilhan Polat (1)
* Tyler Reddy (39)
* romao05 (1) +
* Michael Simacek (1) +
* Jacob Vanderplas (2)

 A total of 18 people contributed to this release.
 People with a "+" by their names contributed a patch for the first time.
 This list of names is automatically generated, and may not be fully complete.

Note that the source and binary assets associated with this release were published to PyPI using [trusted publishing](https://docs.pypi.org/trusted-publishers/), and so the trusted assets and their hashes are made available more securely at https://pypi.org/project/scipy/1.18.1/ rather than providing them here in a less secure manner.

A complete list of issues and pull requests associated with this release is available in the associated [`README.txt`](https://github.com/scipy/scipy/releases/download/v1.18.1/README.txt).