To install sops, download one of the pre-built binaries provided for your platform from the artifacts attached to this release.
For instance, if you are using Linux on an AMD64 architecture:
# Download the binary
curl -LO https://github.com/getsops/sops/releases/download/v3.10.0/sops-v3.10.0.linux.amd64
# Move the binary in to your PATH
mv sops-v3.10.0.linux.amd64 /usr/local/bin/sops
# Make the binary executable
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/sops
Verify checksums file signature
The checksums file provided within the artifacts attached to this release is signed using Cosign with GitHub OIDC. To validate the signature of this file, run the following commands:
To verify the integrity of the downloaded binary, you can utilize the checksums file after having validated its signature:
# Verify the binary using the checksums file
sha256sum -c sops-v3.10.0.checksums.txt --ignore-missing
Verify artifact provenance
The SLSA provenance of the binaries, packages, and SBOMs can be found within the artifacts associated with this release. It is presented through an in-toto link metadata file named sops-v3.10.0.intoto.jsonl. To verify the provenance of an artifact, you can utilize the slsa-verifier tool:
# Download the metadata file
curl -LO https://github.com/getsops/sops/releases/download/v3.10.0/sops-v3.10.0.intoto.jsonl
# Verify the provenance of the artifact
slsa-verifier verify-artifact <artifact> \
--provenance-path sops-v3.10.0.intoto.jsonl \
--source-uri github.com/getsops/sops \
--source-tag v3.10.0
Container Images
The sops binaries are also available as container images, based on Debian (slim) and Alpine Linux. The Debian-based container images include any dependencies which may be required to make use of certain key services, such as GnuPG, AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, and Google Cloud KMS. The Alpine-based container images are smaller in size, but do not include these dependencies.
These container images are available for the following architectures: linux/amd64 and linux/arm64.
GitHub Container Registry
ghcr.io/getsops/sops:v3.10.0
ghcr.io/getsops/sops:v3.10.0-alpine
Quay.io
quay.io/getsops/sops:v3.10.0
quay.io/getsops/sops:v3.10.0-alpine
Verify container image signature
The container images are signed using Cosign with GitHub OIDC. To validate the signature of an image, run the following command:
cosign verify ghcr.io/getsops/sops:v3.10.0 \
--certificate-identity-regexp=https://github.com/getsops \
--certificate-oidc-issuer=https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com \
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The Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) for each binary is accessible within the artifacts enclosed with this release. It is presented as an SPDX JSON file, formatted as <binary>.spdx.sbom.json.
What's Changed
build(deps): Bump alpine from 3.18 to 3.21 in /.release in the docker group across 1 directory by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1700
Convert changelog to MarkDown by @felixfontein in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1741
build(deps): Bump the go group with 7 updates by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1743
build(deps): Bump the go group with 9 updates by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1745
build(deps): Bump the rust group in /functional-tests with 2 updates by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1744
build(deps): Bump github/codeql-action from 3.28.5 to 3.28.8 in the ci group by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1746
build(deps): Bump the go group with 12 updates by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1751
build(deps): Bump the ci group with 4 updates by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1750
Add --input-type option for filestatus subcommand by @felixfontein in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1601
Use SOPS_EDITOR before EDITOR by @felixfontein in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1611
Allow users to disable version check via environment variable by @nicklasfrahm in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1684
add duplicate section support to ini store by @reindlt in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1452
stores: test for duplicate keys, reserve keyword (yaml only now) by @holiman in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1203
Add same process option for exec-env by @ricmatsui in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/880
outputs: add trailing newline at the end of JSON files by @duthils in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1476
set subcommand: add --idempotent flag that will not write the file if no change happened by @felixfontein in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1754
Encrypt and decrypt time.Time objects by @felixfontein in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1759
build(deps): Bump the go group with 8 updates by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1763
build(deps): Bump tempfile from 3.16.0 to 3.17.0 in /functional-tests in the rust group by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1762
build(deps): Bump goreleaser/goreleaser-action from 6.1.0 to 6.2.1 in the ci group by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1761
fix(docs): typo in README.rst by @Paredev in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1765
Add SSH support for age by @haoqixu in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1692
make sure that tests do not pick keys.txt from user's HOME dir by @tomaszduda23 in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1766
support for age identity with passphrase by @tomaszduda23 in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1400
build(deps): Bump the rust group in /functional-tests with 4 updates by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1768
build(deps): Bump the go group with 12 updates by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1769
build(deps): Bump the ci group with 4 updates by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1770
build(deps): Bump github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 from 4.0.4 to 4.0.5 by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1773
feat: add age plugin support by @brianmcgee in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1641
Check GnuPG decryption result for non-empty size by @felixfontein in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1776
vendored age code: consolidate passphrase reading functionality by @felixfontein in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1775
Allow to encrypt and decrypt from stdin by @felixfontein in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1690
build(deps): Bump the go group with 11 updates by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1784
build(deps): Bump the ci group with 5 updates by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1782
build(deps): Bump serde_json from 1.0.139 to 1.0.140 in /functional-tests in the rust group; bump Rust to 1.85.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1783
build(deps): Bump the go group with 13 updates by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1797
build(deps): Bump the rust group in /functional-tests with 3 updates by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1796
build(deps): Bump github/codeql-action from 3.28.10 to 3.28.11 in the ci group by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1795
build(deps): Bump the go group with 6 updates by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1802
build(deps): Bump tempfile from 3.18.0 to 3.19.0 in /functional-tests in the rust group by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1800
build(deps): Bump docker/login-action from 3.3.0 to 3.4.0 in the ci group by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1801
build(deps): Bump github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 from 5.2.1 to 5.2.2 by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1806
goreleaser: add windows arm64 by @duthils in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1791
Add a way to set sops config location via envvar by @sledzikowy in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1701
build(deps): Bump the go group with 3 updates by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1809
build(deps): Bump the ci group with 5 updates by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1808
build(deps): Bump tempfile from 3.19.0 to 3.19.1 in /functional-tests in the rust group by @dependabot in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1807
Support --config option in publish subcommand by @felixfontein in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1779
Fix caching of Metadata.DataKey by @felixfontein in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1781
Lint by @felixfontein in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1780
updatekeys subcommand: rename GroupQuorum to ShamirThreshold by @felixfontein in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1631
If --filename-override is specified, convert it to an absolute path same as regular filenames by @felixfontein in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1793
Add support for oauth2.TokenSource in GCP KMS by @matheuscscp in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1794
Added SOPS_AGE_KEY_CMD option to age, fixes #1323 by @danilobuerger in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1811
chore: omitempty metadata to reduce the size of stored config by @cgetzen in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1571
Improve Shamir Secret Sharing code by @felixfontein in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1813
Update all dependencies by @felixfontein in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1814
Run 'gofmt -w' on all .go files by @felixfontein in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1817
Add option to explicitly check for the latest version; deprecate current default of always doing that unless disabled by @felixfontein in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1816
Build using Go 1.24 and drop support for 1.22 by @hiddeco in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1819
Support GOOGLE_OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN for Google Cloud Platform by @marensofier in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1578
Warn about .sops.yml files found while searching for .sops.yaml by @felixfontein in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1820
Release 3.10.0 by @felixfontein in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1815
Added support for multiarch windows release binaries by @sabre1041 in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1823
New Contributors
@reindlt made their first contribution in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1452
@ricmatsui made their first contribution in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/880
@Paredev made their first contribution in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1765
@haoqixu made their first contribution in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1692
@brianmcgee made their first contribution in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1641
@sledzikowy made their first contribution in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1701
@matheuscscp made their first contribution in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1794
@danilobuerger made their first contribution in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1811
@cgetzen made their first contribution in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1571
@marensofier made their first contribution in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1578
@sabre1041 made their first contribution in https://github.com/getsops/sops/pull/1823
Full Changelog: https://github.com/getsops/sops/compare/v3.9.4...v3.10.0