Webpack 5.96.0 introduces a collection of updates compared to version 5.95.0, encompassing both dependencies and developer tooling enhancements. Primary dependency upgrades include acorn (from 8.7.1 to 8.14.0), which brings improved JavaScript parsing capabilities, and browserslist (from 4.21.10 to 4.24.0), ensuring broader and more accurate browser compatibility. On the tooling side, eslint jumps from 9.5.0 to 9.12.0, incorporating the latest linting rules and best practices for JavaScript code quality, alongside @eslint/js also moving from 9.5.0 to 9.12.0, offering more precise JavaScript code style enforcement.
Developers get the latest features and crucial updates. Also, significant updates in developer dependencies are prettier (aligning at 3.2.1), @stylistic/eslint-plugin (jumping from 2.4.0 to 2.9.0 for enhanced stylistic linting), and eslint-plugin-n (evolving from 17.8.1 to 17.11.1). Tooling has been improved with library enhancement such as simple-git (3.25.0 to 3.27.0). The unpacked size experienced a modest increase from 5080355 to 5179389, hinting at expanded functionality or increased complexity within the new version and also there are slight changes between the amount of Files from 677 to 680. For developers, this upgrade translates to better JavaScript syntax support, refined code quality checks, and enriched tooling for building performant and compliant web applications.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 5.96.0 of the package webpack
