# 5.18.0
Released 16th August 2024.

**For Minecraft: Bedrock Edition 1.21.20**

This is a support release for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition 1.21.20.

**Plugin compatibility:** Plugins for previous 5.x versions will run unchanged on this release, unless they use internal APIs, reflection, or packages like the `pocketmine\network\mcpe`  or `pocketmine\data` namespace.
Do not update plugin minimum API versions unless you need new features added in this release.

**WARNING: If your plugin uses the `pocketmine\network\mcpe` namespace, you're not shielded by API change constraints.**
Consider using the `mcpe-protocol` directive in `plugin.yml` as a constraint if you're using packets directly.

## General
- Added support for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition 1.21.20.
- Removed support for earlier versions.

## Fixes
- Use `VISIBLE_MOB_EFFECTS` actor metadata property to send effect bubbles, this fixes effect bubbles not showing

# 5.18.1
Released 2nd September 2024.

## Fixes
- Fixed shift-crafting.
- Blue Ice block no longer emits light & it's now dropped when mined with a tool with silk touch enchantment.

## Internals
- Pull Requests from team members now get an approval automatically. This means that if a team member makes a PR, only one other approval should be needed.
- Added [ShellCheck](https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck) to the CI tests.