emr-spark-8.0.0-20260421 - Amazon EMR
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emr-spark-8.0.0-20260421

Release label

Use emr-spark-8.0.0-20260421 as the --release-label value in the StartJobRun API.

Release notes

emr-spark-8.0.0-20260421 was released in April 2026. This is the initial release of AWS runtime for Apache Spark 8.0.0.

Regions

You can use emr-spark-8.0.0-20260421 in all Regions supported by Amazon EMR on EKS. For more information, see Amazon EMR on EKS service endpoints.

Container image tag

spark/emr-spark-8.0.0:20260421