# 5.27.0
Released 27th March 2025.

This is a support release for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition 1.21.70.

**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.

## Interim releases
If you're upgrading from 5.25.x directly to 5.27.0, please also read the following changelogs, as the interim releases contain important changes:
- [5.26.0](https://github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP/blob/5.26.0/changelogs/5.26.md#5260) - Performance improvements and other internal improvements

## General
- Aded support for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition 1.21.70.
- Removed support for earlier versions.

# 5.27.1
Released 6th April 2025.

## Fixes
- Updated RakLib to get ping timestamp handling fixes.