AWS Glue Python Shell upgrade

Question

Hello AWS team,
When is AWS Glue Python Shell is planned to be updated from version 3.6 to something more fresher? 
Thanks
Vitaly

Chiranjeevi_N · Answer

Hello,

The python version upgrade for AWS Glue python shell jobs is in the pipeline. However, we do not have an exact ETA around the same. I would recommend you to stay tuned to this [link](https://aws.amazon.com/new/?whats-new-content-all.sort-by=item.additionalFields.postDateTime&whats-new-content-all.sort-order=desc&awsf.whats-new-iot=*all&awsf.whats-new-machine-learning=*all&awsf.whats-new-management-governance=*all&awsf.whats-new-media-services=*all&awsf.whats-new-migration-transfer=*all&awsf.whats-new-networking-content-delivery=*all&awsf.whats-new-quantum-tech=*all&awsf.whats-new-robotics=*all&awsf.whats-new-satellite=*all&awsf.whats-new-security-id-compliance=*all&awsf.whats-new-serverless=*all&awsf.whats-new-storage=*all&awsf.whats-new-analytics=general-products%23aws-glue&awsf.whats-new-app-integration=*all&awsf.whats-new-arvr=*all&awsf.whats-new-blockchain=*all&awsf.whats-new-business-applications=*all&awsf.whats-new-cloud-financial-management=*all&awsf.whats-new-compute=*all&awsf.whats-new-containers=*all&awsf.whats-new-customer-enablement=*all&awsf.whats-new-customer%20engagement=*all&awsf.whats-new-database=*all&awsf.whats-new-developer-tools=*all&awsf.whats-new-end-user-computing=*all&awsf.whats-new-mobile=*all&awsf.whats-new-gametech=*all)  for any AWS service updates.

Fabrizio@AWS · Answer

Hello,

we recently added support for python 3.9 and additional libraries to simplify the work of data scientists.

To learn more please refer to [this blog post](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/aws-glue-python-shell-now-supports-python-3-9-with-a-flexible-pre-loaded-environment-and-support-to-install-additional-libraries/).

AWS Glue Python Shell upgrade

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