apache · Amar3tto · Dec 16, 2025 · Dec 9, 2025 · Dec 16, 2025
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 
 ## Breaking Changes
 
-* (Python) Some Python dependencies have been split out into extras. To ensure all previously installed dependencies are installed, when installing Beam you can `pip install apache-beam[gcp,interactive,yaml,redis,hadoop,tfrecord]`, though most users will not need all of these extras ([#34554](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/34554)).
+* X behavior was changed ([#X](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/X)).
 
 ## Deprecations
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 
 * ([#X](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/X)).
 
-# [2.70.0] - Unreleased
+# [2.70.0] - 2025-12-16
 
 ## Highlights
 
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@
 * Milvus sink I/O connector added (Python) ([#36702](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/36702)).
 Now Beam has full support for Milvus integration including Milvus enrichment and sink operations.
 
+## Breaking Changes
+
+* (Python) Some Python dependencies have been split out into extras. To ensure all previously installed dependencies are installed, when installing Beam you can `pip install apache-beam[gcp,interactive,yaml,redis,hadoop,tfrecord]`, though most users will not need all of these extras ([#34554](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/34554)).
+
 ## Deprecations
 
 * (Python) Python 3.9 reached EOL in October 2025 and support for the language version has been removed. ([#36665](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/36665)).

diff --git a/website/www/site/config.toml b/website/www/site/config.toml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ github_project_repo = "https://github.com/apache/beam"
 
 [params]
 description = "Apache Beam is an open source, unified model and set of language-specific SDKs for defining and executing data processing workflows, and also data ingestion and integration flows, supporting Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIPs) and Domain Specific Languages (DSLs). Dataflow pipelines simplify the mechanics of large-scale batch and streaming data processing and can run on a number of runtimes like Apache Flink, Apache Spark, and Google Cloud Dataflow (a cloud service). Beam also brings DSL in different languages, allowing users to easily implement their data integration processes."
-release_latest = "2.69.0"
+release_latest = "2.70.0"
 # The repository and branch where the files live in Github or Colab. This is used
 # to serve and stage from your local branch, but publish to the master branch.
 #   e.g. https://github.com/{{< param branch_repo >}}/path/to/notebook.ipynb

diff --git a/website/www/site/content/en/blog/beam-2.70.0.md b/website/www/site/content/en/blog/beam-2.70.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+---
+title:  "Apache Beam 2.70.0"
+date:   2025-12-16 15:00:00 -0500
+categories:
+  - blog
+  - release
+authors:
+  - vterentev
+---
+<!--
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+We are happy to present the new 2.70.0 release of Beam.
+This release includes both improvements and new functionality.
+See the [download page](/get-started/downloads/#2700-2025-12-16) for this release.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+For more information on changes in 2.70.0, check out the [detailed release notes](https://github.com/apache/beam/milestone/38?closed=1).
+
+## Highlights
+
+* Flink 1.20 support added ([#32647](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/32647)).
+
+### New Features / Improvements
+
+* Python examples added for Milvus search enrichment handler on [Beam Website](https://beam.apache.org/documentation/transforms/python/elementwise/enrichment-milvus/)
+  including jupyter notebook example (Python) ([#36176](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/36176)).
+* Milvus sink I/O connector added (Python) ([#36702](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/36702)).
+  Now Beam has full support for Milvus integration including Milvus enrichment and sink operations.
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
+* (Python) Some Python dependencies have been split out into extras. To ensure all previously installed dependencies are installed, when installing Beam you can `pip install apache-beam[gcp,interactive,yaml,redis,hadoop,tfrecord]`, though most users will not need all of these extras ([#34554](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/34554)).
+
+### Deprecations
+
+* (Python) Python 3.9 reached EOL in October 2025 and support for the language version has been removed. ([#36665](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/36665)).
+
+## List of Contributors
+
+According to git shortlog, the following people contributed to the 2.70.0 release. Thank you to all contributors!
+
+Abdelrahman Ibrahim, Ahmed Abualsaud, Alex Chermenin, Andrew Crites, Arun Pandian, Celeste Zeng, Chamikara Jayalath, Chenzo, Claire McGinty, Danny McCormick, Derrick Williams, Dustin Rhodes, Enrique Calderon, Ian Liao, Jack McCluskey, Jessica Hsiao, Joey Tran, Karthik Talluri, Kenneth Knowles, Maciej Szwaja, Mehdi.D, Mohamed Awnallah, Praneet Nadella, Radek Stankiewicz, Radosław Stankiewicz, Reuven Lax, RuiLong J., S. Veyrié, Sam Whittle, Shunping Huang, Stephan Hoyer, Steven van Rossum, Tanu Sharma, Tarun Annapareddy, Tom Stepp, Valentyn Tymofieiev, Vitaly Terentyev, XQ Hu, Yi Hu, changliiu, claudevdm, fozzie15, kristynsmith, wolfchris-google
diff --git a/website/www/site/content/en/get-started/downloads.md b/website/www/site/content/en/get-started/downloads.md
@@ -95,16 +95,24 @@ versions denoted `0.x.y`.
 
 ### Current release
 
-#### 2.69.0 (2025-10-28)
+#### 2.70.0 (2025-12-16)
 
-Official [source code download](https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/beam/2.69.0/apache-beam-2.69.0-source-release.zip).
-[SHA-512](https://downloads.apache.org/beam/2.69.0/apache-beam-2.69.0-source-release.zip.sha512).
-[signature](https://downloads.apache.org/beam/2.69.0/apache-beam-2.69.0-source-release.zip.asc).
+Official [source code download](https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/beam/2.70.0/apache-beam-2.70.0-source-release.zip).
+[SHA-512](https://downloads.apache.org/beam/2.70.0/apache-beam-2.70.0-source-release.zip.sha512).
+[signature](https://downloads.apache.org/beam/2.70.0/apache-beam-2.70.0-source-release.zip.asc).
 
-[Release notes](https://github.com/apache/beam/releases/tag/v2.69.0)
+[Release notes](https://github.com/apache/beam/releases/tag/v2.70.0)
 
 ### Archived releases
 
+#### 2.69.0 (2025-10-28)
+
+Official [source code download](https://archive.apache.org/dist/beam/2.69.0/apache-beam-2.69.0-source-release.zip).
+[SHA-512](https://archive.apache.org/dist/beam/2.69.0/apache-beam-2.69.0-source-release.zip.sha512).
+[signature](https://archive.apache.org/dist/beam/2.69.0/apache-beam-2.69.0-source-release.zip.asc).
+
+[Release notes](https://github.com/apache/beam/releases/tag/v2.69.0)
+
 #### 2.68.0 (2025-09-22)
 
 Official [source code download](https://archive.apache.org/dist/beam/2.68.0/apache-beam-2.68.0-source-release.zip).