Minecraft Java Edition - 26.2 Release Candidate 2

Published: June 12, 2026 - View official source

A second release candidate has arrived! In this one we are fixing a couple of critical issues found in the previous release candidate.

Happy mining!

Fixed bugs in 26.2 Release Candidate 2

MC-308731 - With a specific setup, a survival player can become softlocked in a hole with a sulfur cube
Fixed an issue where respawning at height limit caused the respawn to take a lot longer than normal

Get the Release Candidate

Release Candidates are available for Minecraft: Java Edition. To install the Release Candidate, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the "Installations" tab.

Testing versions can corrupt your world, so please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.

Cross-platform server jar:

Minecraft server jar

Report bugs here:

Minecraft issue tracker!

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