# openHAB 5.3 Milestone Builds

**URL:** <https://community.openhab.org/t/openhab-5-3-milestone-builds/170291>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [August 30, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/openhab-5-3-milestone-builds/170291 "2026-08-30T20:23:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kai](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/kai/32/116281_2.png) [@Kai](https://community.openhab.org/u/Kai)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/openhab-5-3-milestone-builds/170291/3 "2026-10-11T20:01:56Z")

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As there were some issues with Milestone 2 mainly the broken admin auth through myopenHAB), we have decided to do a quick Milestone 3 shortly after already, so here you are:

> **[Release openHAB 5.3.0.M3 · openhab/openhab-distro](https://github.com/openhab/openhab-distro/releases/tag/5.3.0.M3)**
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> This is a monthly milestone build for the upcoming openHAB 5.3 release, which brings many fixes and improvements.
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> Add Java Sound API SPI prov...

As always: Feedback and discussions go to [this topic](https://community.openhab.org/t/openhab-5-3-milestone-discussion/170292) - thank you!

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