# Cabal 3.16.1.0 released

**URL:** <https://discourse.haskell.org/t/cabal-3-16-1-0-released/13476>\
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**Created:** [January 1, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/cabal-3-16-1-0-released/13476 "2026-01-01T12:33:02Z")\
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The Cabal team is happy to announce the release of `cabal-install` 3.16.1.0 and its related libraries.

`cabal-install` is a command-line build system for Haskell programs and libraries.

### What’s new?

This is a point-relese, patching a number of bugs.

The most important fix is that _`cabal-install` 3.16.1.0 is compatible with Haskell Language Server_. If you use HLS and want to try all [the features from Cabal 3.16](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/cabal-3-16-0-0-released/12544), upgrade now!

Check the release notes for [`cabal-install` 3.16.1.0](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/blob/master/release-notes/cabal-install-3.16.1.0.md) and [`Cabal` 3.16.1.0](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/blob/master/release-notes/Cabal-3.16.1.0.md) for detailed changelogs.

If you are upgrading from an older `cabal-install`, you might want to check the changelogs for [`cabal-install` 3.16.0.0](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/blob/master/release-notes/cabal-install-3.16.0.0.md) and [`Cabal` 3.16.0.0](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/blob/master/release-notes/Cabal-3.16.0.0.md).

### How to get `cabal-install`

- Via [GHCup](https://www.haskell.org/ghcup/).
- [From our website](https://downloads.haskell.org/cabal/cabal-install-3.16.1.0/). Binaries are signed by `Brandon S. Allbery <allbery.b@gmail.com>` (fingerprint: `1E07 C9A1 A308 8BAD 47F7 4A3E 227E E194 2B0B DB95`).
- Compiling it yourself with `cabal update && cabal install cabal-install-3.16.1.0`.

### Who contributed

The release manager for `3.16.1.0` is Artem Pelenitsyn.

Code contributions by: brandon s allbery kf8nh, fendor, Francesco Ariis, mangoiv, Matthew Pickering, Sean Gillespie.

Many thanks to reviewers, Quality Assurance testers, devops and everyone who made this release possible.

### Feedback

For feedback, questions, help, you can find us:

- In our [GitHub repository](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues).
- In our [Matrix channel](https://matrix.to/#/#hackage:matrix.org).

—Cabal release team (Artem, Brandon, Francesco, Mikołaj)