# drbd-utils v9.33.0-rc.1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Release Announcements\ **Tags:** drbd\ **Created:** [October 20, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/drbd-utils-v9-33-0-rc-1/1033 "2025-10-20T14:49:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@rck](https://forums.linbit.com/u/rck)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/drbd-utils-v9-33-0-rc-1/1033/1 "2025-10-20T14:49:33Z")
Dear DRBD users, this is the first RC of the upcoming version 9.33.0. It contains improvements and fixes all over the place. The main reason for this release is that other projects depend on some of the fixes, but there are valuable changes on its own like the improved compatibility between DRBD8.4 and DRBD9. We need to be careful when DRBD9 finally lands in upstream Linux to not break user space, and this is an important step in that direction. Please test, if we don't find any issues the final release will be about a week from now. Regards, rck GIT: [Prepare 9.33.0-rc.1 · LINBIT/drbd-utils@672ea11 · GitHub](https://github.com/LINBIT/drbd-utils/commit/672ea1103c00b4c0e83a574b9bf7ba44e401f357) TGZ: [https://pkg.linbit.com//downloads/drbd/utils/drbd-utils-9.33.0-rc.1.tar.gz](https://pkg.linbit.com//downloads/drbd/utils/drbd-utils-9.33.0-rc.1.tar.gz) PPA: [LINBIT DRBD9 Stack : “LINBIT” team](https://launchpad.net/~linbit/+archive/ubuntu/linbit-drbd9-stack) Changelog: 9.33.0-rc.1 ----------- \* drbdsetup,show: show device options in json output \* drbdsetup,show: always show defaults in json output \* drbdadm,create-md: avoid device UUID regeneration \* drbdadm,create-md: do not reset effective-size    on format conversion. \* drbdmon: secondary --force and various improvements \* all: various v8 v9 compatibility improvements \* drbdmeta: allow bitmap granularity