# Python 3.9.9 hotfix release is now available

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**Created:** [November 15, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-9-9-hotfix-release-is-now-available/11978 "2021-11-15T22:08:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-9-9-hotfix-release-is-now-available/11978/1 "2021-11-15T22:08:39Z")

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Get it here:

> **[Python Release Python 3.9.9](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-399/)**
>
> The official home of the Python Programming Language

_Python 3.9.9_ is the eighth maintenance release of the legacy 3.9 series. _Python 3.10_ is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. [Get the latest release of 3.10.x here](https://python.org/downloads/).

3.9.9 was released out of schedule as a **hotfix** for an `argparse` regression in Python 3.9.8 which caused complex command-line tools to fail recognizing sub-commands properly. Details in [BPO-45235](https://bugs.python.org/issue45235). There are only three other bugfixes in this release compared to 3.9.8. See the [changelog](https://docs.python.org/release/3.9.9/whatsnew/changelog.html) for details on what changed.

Upgrading to 3.9.9 is highly recommended if you’re running Python 3.9.8.

The next Python 3.9 maintenance release will be 3.9.10, currently scheduled for 2022-01-03.

## We apologize for the inconvenience

…and still hope you’ll enjoy the new release!

Your friendly release team,  
Ned Deily @nad  
Steve Dower @steve.dower  
Łukasz Langa @ambv