# 🎉 Node-RED 3.0.0-beta.2 released

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-3-0-0-beta-2-released/62698
**Category:** News
**Created:** [16 May 2022 14:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-3-0-0-beta-2-released/62698 "2022-05-16T14:15:29Z")
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### Author: ![hardillb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/hardillb/32/12373_2.png) [@hardillb](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hardillb)
#### Post date: [17 June 2022 10:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-3-0-0-beta-2-released/62698/101 "2022-06-17T10:55:17Z")

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3.0.0-beta.3 builds now up, but please read this announcement:

> [@Node-RED 3.0.0-beta.3 Docker containers dropping Python2](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-3-0-0-beta-3-docker-containers-dropping-python2/64067):
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> As part of the updates for 3.0.0 the docker builds were updated to build against the NodeJS container node:16-alpine (and similarly for NodeJS 14 and 18). These containers track the latest Alpine base container to ensure they pick up all the latest updates. These containers are now based on Alpine 3.16. As part of the move from 3.15 to 3.16 Alpine has dropped Python2. Python2 went EoL in April 2020 and as such enough time should have passed for everybody to move up to using Python 3. As Node-…

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