This release fixes a high severity security issue in tor, that affects performance and possibly anonymity.

Changes and updates

Included software

• Update tor to 0.4.7.8.

• Update Thunderbird to 91.10.

• Update the Linux kernel to 5.10.120. This fixes important security issues.

For more details, read our changelog.

Known issues

None specific to this release.

See the list of long-standing issues.

Get Tails 5.1.1

To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage

• Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 5.x.

• If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if Tails fails to start after an automatic upgrade, please try to do a manual upgrade.

To install Tails on a new USB stick

Follow our installation instructions:

• Install from Windows
• Install from macOS
• Install from Linux
• Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG

To download only

If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can download Tails 5.1.1 directly:

• For USB sticks (USB image)
• For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)

What's coming up?

Tails 5.2 is tentatively scheduled for July 5, but it will likely be released later than that.