Download Valkey 8.1

Major features in 8.1:

A rewritten hashtable cuts roughly 20 bytes per key-value pair and adds about 10% throughput.
3.5x faster keyspace iteration, shortening full syncs and KEYS.
TLS negotiation offloaded to I/O threads, accepting new encrypted connections around 300% faster.
COMMANDLOG records large requests and replies, not just slow commands.
Structured logfmt logs, ISO 8601 timestamps, and SET IFEQ for conditional updates.

What's new in Valkey 8.1

Get 8.1.11

Release Date: 2026-10-26
GitHub Release: 8.1.11

Docker Hub (valkey/valkey)

Tags:

valkey/valkey:8.1.11
valkey/valkey:8.1.11-trixie
valkey/valkey:8.1.11-alpine
valkey/valkey:8.1.11-alpine3.24

Example:

docker run --rm valkey/valkey:8.1.11

Binary Artifacts

arm64 / jammy (sha256)
x86_64 / jammy (sha256)
arm64 / noble (sha256)
x86_64 / noble (sha256)

All 8.1 releases

Valkey 8.1.11 Released October 26, 2026
Valkey 8.1.10 Released September 1, 2026
Valkey 8.1.9 Released July 21, 2026
Valkey 8.1.8 Released June 2, 2026
Valkey 8.1.7 Released May 6, 2026
Valkey 8.1.6 Released February 24, 2026
Valkey 8.1.5 Released December 4, 2025
Valkey 8.1.4 Released October 3, 2025
Valkey 8.1.3 Released July 7, 2025
Valkey 8.1.2 Released June 11, 2025
Valkey 8.1.1 Released April 23, 2025
Valkey 8.1.0 Released March 31, 2025

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