--- title: AWS Glue 6.0 now available with 30% lower price and full... description: AWS Glue 6.0 is now generally available with 30% lower pricing than previous versions and full Apache Iceberg v3 support, built on Iceberg 1.11.0. Headline... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/aws-glue-6-0-now-available-with-30-lower-price-and-full-apache-iceberg-v3-support-dkp07zvda twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AWS Glue 6.0 now available with 30% lower price and full Apache Iceberg v3 support | daily.dev og:description: AWS Glue 6.0 is now generally available with 30% lower pricing than previous versions and full Apache Iceberg v3 support, built on Iceberg 1.11.0. Headline... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/aws-glue-6-0-now-available-with-30-lower-price-and-full-apache-iceberg-v3-support-dkp07zvda og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Dkp07ZvdA.png og:image:alt: AWS Glue 6.0 now available with 30% lower price and full Apache Iceberg v3 support og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AWS Glue 6.0 now available with 30% lower price and full Apache Iceberg v3 support **[AWS](https://daily.dev/sources/aws)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AWS Glue 6.0 is now generally available with 30% lower pricing than previous versions and full Apache Iceberg v3 support, built on Iceberg 1.11.0. Headline features include the VARIANT data type with shredding for querying semi-structured data without flattening schemas, plus geometry/geography types, nanosecond-precision timestamps, and unknown type handling. The release runs on a modernized stack with Apache Spark 4.1, Python 3.12, and Scala 2.13, adding Spark declarative pipelines, Arrow-native Python UDFs/UDTFs, and a real-time streaming mode with single-digit millisecond latency. No API changes are needed; existing jobs can select version 6.0 via the --glue-version parameter or be auto-upgraded using the Spark upgrade agent. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What's new in AWS Glue 6.0 compared to previous versions? AWS Glue 6.0 delivers 30% lower pricing than earlier Glue versions and full Apache Iceberg v3 support built on Iceberg 1.11.0, including the VARIANT data type with shredding, geometry/geography types, and nanosecond-precision timestamps. It runs on a modernized stack with Apache Spark 4.1, Python 3.12, and Scala 2.13, adding declarative pipelines, Arrow-native Python UDFs, and real-time streaming with single-digit millisecond latency. _Teams weighing an AWS Glue upgrade can track Spark and Iceberg version changes like this on daily.dev._ ### How do I upgrade an existing AWS Glue job to version 6.0? No API changes are required; select Glue 6.0 via the existing --glue-version parameter in the create-job or update-job APIs through the AWS CLI, SDK, or Glue Studio, or set 6.0 in the %glue_version magic for notebooks. Existing jobs can also be automatically upgraded using the Spark upgrade agent in AWS Glue Studio or the auto-upgrade feature. _Engineers planning Glue version migrations can follow release details like this on daily.dev._ ### What is VARIANT shredding in Apache Iceberg v3 and why does it matter? VARIANT shredding is a data type storage technique that lets teams store and query JSON, logs, and event data without flattening schemas, avoiding duplicate data copies, custom parsing code, and pipeline breakage when schemas evolve. It achieves faster query read performance compared to traditional string columns for semi-structured data, as implemented in AWS Glue 6.0's Iceberg 1.11.0 support. _Anyone evaluating semi-structured data storage strategies can follow Iceberg feature updates on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AWS Glue 6.0 delivers 30% price reduction and Iceberg v3 support](https://daily.dev/posts/aws-glue-6-0-delivers-30-price-reduction-and-iceberg-v3-support-leaq7lqlv) · AWS · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [AWS Glue 5.1 is now available in all AWS Commercial and AWS GovCloud \(US\) Regions](https://daily.dev/posts/aws-glue-5-1-is-now-available-in-all-aws-commercial-and-aws-govcloud-us-regions-1mzfjt0az) · AWS · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing Apache Iceberg 1.11.0](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-apache-iceberg-1-11-0-laq8a21od) · Google Open Source Blog · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [Apache Iceberg on AWS: Glue Catalog, Athena, EMR, and S3 Tables](https://daily.dev/posts/apache-iceberg-on-aws-glue-catalog-athena-emr-and-s3-tables-qgxux89im) · BigData Boutique blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#data-engineering](https://daily.dev/tags/data-engineering), [#apache-spark](https://daily.dev/tags/apache-spark), [#apache-iceberg](https://daily.dev/tags/apache-iceberg) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/aws-glue-6-0-now-available-with-30-lower-price-and-full-apache-iceberg-v3-support-dkp07zvda) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"AWS Glue 6.0 now available with 30% lower price and full Apache Iceberg v3 support","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/aws-glue-6-0-now-available-with-30-lower-price-and-full-apache-iceberg-v3-support-dkp07zvda","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/aws-glue-6-0-now-available-with-30-lower-price-and-full-apache-iceberg-v3-support-dkp07zvda"},"datePublished":"2026-08-21T20:00:55.232Z","dateModified":"2026-08-21T20:01:20.917Z","description":"AWS Glue 6.0 is now generally available with 30% lower pricing than previous versions and full Apache Iceberg v3 support, built on Iceberg 1.11.0. 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