Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio now supports AWS Glue 5.1 for data processing jobs

[Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio ](https://aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/unified-studio/)now supports [AWS Glue 5.1 ](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/11/aws-glue-5-1/)for Visual ETL, notebook, and code-based data processing jobs. With AWS Glue 5.1 in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio, data engineers and data scientists can run jobs on Apache Spark 3.5.6 with Python 3.11 and Scala 2.12.18, and use updated open table format libraries including Apache Iceberg 1.10.0, Apache Hudi 1.0.2, and Delta Lake 3.3.2\. You can use AWS Glue 5.1 in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio when creating data processing jobs by selecting Glue 5.1 from the version dropdown in job settings. This applies to Visual ETL jobs, notebook jobs, and code-based jobs, so you can take advantage of the latest Spark runtime and open table format libraries across all your data processing workflows. AWS Glue 5.1 in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio is available in US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), Europe (Ireland), Europe (Stockholm), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (Spain), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), and South America (Sao Paulo). To learn more, visit the Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio [documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker-unified-studio/latest/userguide/smus-creating-jobs.html). For details on what's included in AWS Glue 5.1, including updated open table format support and access control capabilities, see the AWS Glue [documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/release-notes.html).