# Baklava Gingerbread Hard Fork Release: Sep 1, ~14.00 UTC

**URL:** <https://forum.celo.org/t/baklava-gingerbread-hard-fork-release-sep-1-14-00-utc/6407>\
**Category:** Validators\
**Created:** [August 23, 2023, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/baklava-gingerbread-hard-fork-release-sep-1-14-00-utc/6407 "2023-08-23T05:54:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![matt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@matt](https://forum.celo.org/u/matt)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/baklava-gingerbread-hard-fork-release-sep-1-14-00-utc/6407/1 "2023-08-23T05:54:11Z")

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Dear Validator Community,

1. The Gingerbread Hard Fork is proposed on Baklava for block #19157000 targeting an activation around Sep 1, ~14:00 UTC
2. Validators, if you agree with this hard fork, please upgrade both your validator nodes and proxies to v1.8.0-beta.2 (see [github](https://github.com/celo-org/celo-blockchain/releases/tag/v1.8.0-beta.2) for release)

For more details on the changes introduced with this hard fork, please refer to the original hard fork announcement on the [forum](https://forum.celo.org/t/introducing-celo-s-gingerbread-hard-fork-join-for-q-a-on-june-21/5918).

Thanks to all the validators for their support of the Celo network! The best place to go for updates and questions is the validators-operators Discord channel!

matt for the blockchain team