Bibliographies are no longer generated. MWE is the example code at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Bibliography_mkiv, which no longer generates an output file and shows the following in the blg file: I found no \citation commands---while reading file cite.aux I found no \bibdata command---while reading file cite.aux I found no \bibstyle command---while reading file cite.aux You've used 0 entries,... With the stable version, the same section reads: Database file #1: sample.bib You've used 4 entries, -- Rik