v2.18.0 Release - 03/12/2026

Linux amd64
curl -Lo skaffold https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v2.18.0/skaffold-linux-amd64 && chmod +x skaffold && sudo mv skaffold /usr/local/bin

Linux arm64
curl -Lo skaffold https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v2.18.0/skaffold-linux-arm64 && chmod +x skaffold && sudo mv skaffold /usr/local/bin

macOS amd64
curl -Lo skaffold https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v2.18.0/skaffold-darwin-amd64 && chmod +x skaffold && sudo mv skaffold /usr/local/bin

macOS arm64
curl -Lo skaffold https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v2.18.0/skaffold-darwin-arm64 && chmod +x skaffold && sudo mv skaffold /usr/local/bin

Windows
https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/releases/v2.18.0/skaffold-windows-amd64.exe

Docker image
gcr.io/k8s-skaffold/skaffold:v2.18.0

Highlights:

New Features and Additions:

Fixes:

Updates and Refactors:

Docs, Test, and Release Updates:

• chore: Upgrade golang version to 1.25.8 #10009
• chore: bumping up docker cli to address CVE-2025-15558 #10008
• chore: bump actions/upload-artifact from 6 to 7 in the github-actions group #9998
• chore: bump flask from 2.2.5 to 3.1.3 in /examples/hot-reload/python #10004
• chore: bump rack from 2.2.20 to 2.2.22 in /integration/examples/ruby/backend #10005
• chore: bump flask from 3.1.0 to 3.1.3 in /examples/buildpacks-python #10006
• Upgrade go dependencies for skaffold. #10007
• chore: bump go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk from 1.39.0 to 1.40.0 #9996
• chore: delete webhooks #9999
• chore: bump rack from 2.2.20 to 2.2.22 in /examples/ruby/backend #9981
• chore: bump flask from 2.2.5 to 3.1.3 in /integration/examples/hot-reload/python #9989
• chore: bump github.com/cloudflare/circl from 1.6.1 to 1.6.3 #9993
• Migration to Kokoro instances #9991
• chore: fixing docs due to upgrade in Hugo #9977
• Updated the node version to fix error #9976
• Updated Dockerfile to try to fix vuln bug #9974
• chore: upgrade golang to 1.25.7 #9973
• Use mirror in Dockerfiles for integration tests to prevent docker hub rate limits #9970
• chore: bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.36.0 to 0.45.0 in /hack/tools #9916
• chore: bump golang.org/x/oauth2 from 0.7.0 to 0.27.0 in /examples/grpc-e2e-tests/service #9918
• chore: bump github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 from 5.16.3 to 5.16.5 #9971
• test(integration): Update busybox and alpine:3 to use the mirror to avoid docker rate hub limit errors #9966
• chore: bump github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2 from 2.3.0 to 2.4.1 #9962
• chore: bump github.com/sigstore/rekor from 1.4.3 to 1.5.0 #9956
• chore: bump github.com/sigstore/sigstore from 1.10.3 to 1.10.4 #9957
• cicd: bazel github presubmit flow fixes for recent bazel 9.0.0 release #9961
• chore: bump github.com/sigstore/cosign/v2 from 2.6.1 to 2.6.2 #9948
• Upgrade github.com/google/ko to v0.18.1 #9939
• chore: upgrade golang to 1.25.5 #9944
• disabling kaniko integration tests due to kaniko service account permissions issue #9943
• chore: bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 3 updates #9934
• chore: bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.43.0 to 0.45.0 #9917

Huge thanks goes out to all of our contributors for this release:

• Chris
• Darien Lin
• dependabot[bot]
• Matt Santa
• menahyouyeah
• ruhi-chaddha