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title: "Irssi 0.8.21 Released"
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Irssi 0.8.21 has been released. This release fixes four remote crash
issues in older Irssi releases. There are no new features compared to
0.8.20. **All users should upgrade to this version**. See the
[NEWS](//raw.githubusercontent.com/irssi/irssi/0.8.21/NEWS) for
details.

This release can be downloaded from [our releases
page](https://github.com/irssi/irssi/releases).

Please check with your distro whether they provide officially updated
packages.

Read the [security advisory](/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt).

We currently do not have any alternate advice.

The Irssi Team.