Unreal Engine 5.8 is on Python 3.11 when the VFX Reference Platform 2026 recommends Python 3.13 as minimum version

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Hello,

I noticed that UE 5.8.0 is still on Python 3.11 when CY2026 recommends Python 3.13. The replies in [this [Content removed] seemed to imply this would land in the 5.8 release; is this update still planned for a future 5.8.x patch release? Would be great to get this all aligned if possible, as it’s a bit of a pain to manage tooling spread across two CYs.

Best,

Evan Binder

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Steps to Reproduce
Run “import sys;print(sys.version)” in the editor Python console.

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Hi Evan, unfortunately we were not able to upgrade to Python 3.13 for our UE 5.8 release as we were hoping we would.

We don’t have specific plans to share at this time as we’re trying to figure out next steps and timelines.

When we do our next Python upgrade, it should land in our main branch and be available for you to merge but I don’t expect it to land as a 5.8 hotfix.

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Thanks for the update Jean-Michel. We’ll keep an eye out for the Python update in Main and backport it if we can.

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