# AWS Glue 6.0 now available with 30% lower price and full Apache Iceberg v3 support

DevFeed: [AWS Glue 6.0 now available with 30% lower price and full Apache Iceberg v3 support](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/aws-glue-6-0-now-available-with-30-lower-price-and-full-apache-iceberg-v3-support-4608.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-glue-6-0-now-available-with-30-lower-price-and-full-apache-iceberg-v3-support/>)

Author: Channy Yun (윤석찬)

Published: 2026-08-21T18:53:26Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [AWS News Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/aws-news-blog.md>)

Topics: [Apache Iceberg](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/apache-iceberg.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [Apache Spark](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/spark.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [Scala](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scala.md>), [Geographic Information System](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gis.md>), [Internet of things](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/iot.md>)

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## AI overview

AWS Glue 6.0 is generally available with 30% lower pricing, a modernized Spark 4.1 runtime, Python 3.13 and Scala 2.13 support, and full Apache Iceberg v3 support. The release adds improved handling of semi-structured data, declarative ETL pipelines, faster PySpark execution, and real-time streaming with single-digit millisecond latency.

## Source excerpt

AWS Glue 6.0 is built on a fully modernized runtime, Apache Spark 4.1, Python 3.13, and Scala 2.13, delivering 30% lower pricing than previous AWS Glue versions.