6 Oct 2026 [dev] [wallets]

Monero v0.18.5.3 'Fluorine Fermi' released

Monero v0.18.5.31 Fluorine Fermi is out2’3 and binaries for both the official CLI4 and GUI5 wallets are now available for download:

This is the v0.18.5.3 release of the Monero software. This is a highly recommended release that includes a large number of bug fixes.

Release highlights

* [CLI] Daemon: fix P2P connection stalls
* [CLI] Daemon: restore transaction relay after restart 
* [CLI] Daemon: improve block relay handling
* [CLI] Daemon: improve restricted RPC privacy filtering
* [CLI] Wallet: improve transaction validation for cold and multisig signing
* [CLI] Wallet: speed up refresh for old accounts
* [CLI] Prevent log injection from malformed JSON and HTTP headers
* [CLI] Wallet RPC: improve automatic refresh and shutdown handling
* [GUI] Add more fiat currency options
* [GUI] Keep daemon credentials scoped to each connection
* [GUI] Fix restore height when entering dates without hyphens
* [GUI] Improve display of transactions with multiple recipients
* [GUI] Fix QR code scanning from the screen on macOS

To view the complete list of changes, compare v0.18.5.3 with the previous release on Github6. New binaries (CLI/GUI) can be found on the Downloads7 page on Getmonero.org.

Release statistics

- Activity:
  - CLI: 17 contributors, 182 commits (+4162 loc)
  - GUI: 8 contributors, 71 commits (+855 loc)
- Contributors:
  - selsta [CLI+GUI]
  - tobtoht [CLI+GUI]
  - plowsof [CLI+GUI]
  - SChernykh [CLI+GUI]
  - thomasbuilds [CLI+GUI]
  - jpk68 [CLI+GUI]
  - j-berman [CLI]
  - valldrac [CLI]
  - woodser [CLI]
  - weifanglab [CLI]
  - sin99xx [CLI]
  - vtnerd [CLI]
  - Masamuneee [CLI]
  - jeffro256 [CLI]
  - Ap4sh [CLI]
  - UkoeHB [CLI]
  - guoqiangliu-ocean [CLI]
  - munzzyy [GUI]
  - reservedbytes [GUI]

Make sure to check that the file hashes8 match those on the signed list and that the signature is valid before installing the software.

Guides for popular operating systems are available on Getmonero.org (Linux/Windows/Mac)9’10 and PrivSec.Guide (Linux)11’12.

  1. https://github.com/monero-project/monero/releases/tag/v0.18.5.3 ↩

  2. https://www.getmonero.org/2026/10/06/monero-0.18.5.3-released.html ↩

  3. https://www.getmonero.org/2026/10/06/monero-GUI-0.18.5.3-released.html ↩

  4. https://www.getmonero.org/downloads/#cli ↩

  5. https://www.getmonero.org/downloads/#gui ↩

  6. https://github.com/monero-project/monero/compare/v0.18.5.1…v0.18.5.3, https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/compare/v0.18.5.2…v0.18.5.3 ↩

  7. https://www.getmonero.org/downloads/ ↩

  8. https://www.getmonero.org/downloads/hashes.txt ↩

  9. https://www.getmonero.org/resources/user-guides/verification-windows-beginner.html ↩

  10. https://www.getmonero.org/resources/user-guides/verification-allos-advanced.html ↩

  11. https://privsec.guide/monero-cli-wallet-linux-installation-guide/ ↩

  12. https://privsec.guide/building-monero-cli-wallet-from-source/ ↩