This release updates Kubernetes to v1.33.5, and fixes a number of issues.
For more details on what's new, see the Kubernetes release notes.
Changes since v1.33.4+k3s1:
- Backports for 2025-09 (#12885)
- Bump rancher libs: wrangler/lasso/remotedialer
- Wire cri-dockerd --log-level=debug up to k3s --debug flag
- Fix spegel logging and startup sequence
- Update to runc v1.3.0
- Do not bootstrap etcd-only nodes from existing supervisor
- Add retry on etcd MemberAdd timeout
- Bump containerd to v2.1.4
- Retry CRD creation in case of conflict
- Wire up kine metrics
- Wire up remotedialer metrics
- Fix etcd join timeout handling
- Bump k3s-root to v0.15.0
- Add opencontainers/runc pin to v1.3.1
- Move data dir into position before creating CNI symlinks
- Update to v1.33.5-k3s1 and Go 1.24.6 (#12895)
Embedded Component Versions
| Component | Version |
|---|---|
| Kubernetes | v1.33.5 |
| Kine | v0.14.0 |
| SQLite | 3.50.4 |
| Etcd | v3.5.21-k3s1 |
| Containerd | v2.1.4-k3s1 |
| Runc | v1.3.1 |
| Flannel | v0.27.0 |
| Metrics-server | v0.8.0 |
| Traefik | v3.3.6 |
| CoreDNS | v1.12.3 |
| Helm-controller | v0.16.13 |
| Local-path-provisioner | v0.0.31 |
Helpful Links
As always, we welcome and appreciate feedback from our community of users. Please feel free to:
- Open issues here
- Join our Slack channel
- Check out our documentation for guidance on how to get started or to dive deep into K3s.
- Read how you can contribute here