The Redstone Update is the name for Minecraft version 1.5, a major update released on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The Redstone Update was announced at the Future Updates with the Minecraft PC Team and The Future of Mod API talks at Mine Con 2012.Mojang originally planned to release a pre-release version of The Redstone Update on February 28, 2013, and the official update in the first week of March.