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title: "7.29.0 Released: The last Babel 7 minor release · Babel"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/7-29-0-released-the-last-babel-7-minor-release-babel-fpkzhqox0
source_url: https://babeljs.io/blog/2026/01/31/7.29.0
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source: "Babel"
published: 2026-01-31T18:14:46.115Z
updated: 2026-01-31T18:15:06.237Z
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# 7.29.0 Released: The last Babel 7 minor release · Babel

**[Babel](https://daily.dev/sources/babel)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Babel 7.29.0 marks the final minor release of Babel 7 as the team prepares for Babel 8.0.0. This release adds support for defining transpilation targets via a data-target attribute in @babel/standalone and introduces async API support. Babel 8.0.0-rc.1 is now available for testing, featuring ESM-only packages and requiring Node.js 20+. The team has prepared comprehensive migration guides for both users and API consumers to ease the transition from Babel 7 to 8.

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