# Test-Kitchen 1.18.0

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/test-kitchen-1-18-0/11662>\
**Category:** Chef Release Announcements\
**Created:** [September 29, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/test-kitchen-1-18-0/11662 "2017-09-29T12:54:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![cheeseplus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/cheeseplus/32/960_2.png) [@cheeseplus](https://discourse.chef.io/u/cheeseplus)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/test-kitchen-1-18-0/11662/1 "2017-09-29T12:54:05Z")

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We’ve released Test-Kitchen 1.18.0 to RubyGems. Highlights from this release include:

- Updated Winrm-fs which fixes Dir.glob issues on Windows platforms
- Updating net-ssh to support renamed `verify_host_key` option (backward compatible)
- New provisioner options: `download_url` to replace `install_msi_url` and optionally `checksum` (sha256) for validating download
- Allows command line arguments to shell provisioner

See the full changelog for more details.

Happy cooking!