This release updates Kubernetes to v1.34.9, and fixes a number of issues.
For more details on what's new, see the Kubernetes release notes.
Changes since v1.34.8+k3s1:
- Backport GitHub Action SHA pin updates from main (#14125)
- Backports for 2026-06 (#14154)
- Bump v3.7.4 Traefik (#14195)
- More backports for 2026-06 (#14216)
- Testing Backports 2026-06 (#14215)
- Bump klipper-helm for CVE reasons (#14239)
- Bump containerd with the fix for []byte (#14242)
- Update to v1.34.9-k3s1 and Go 1.25.11 (#14228)
- Bump containerd to v2.2.5-k3s1 (#14255)
- Bump cri-api and containerd for upstream env string fix (#14279)
Embedded Component Versions
| Component | Version |
|---|---|
| Kubernetes | v1.34.9 |
| Kine | v0.16.1 |
| SQLite | 3.53.0 |
| Etcd | v3.6.12-k3s1 |
| Containerd | v2.2.5-k3s2 |
| Runc | v1.4.2 |
| Flannel | v0.28.4 |
| Metrics-server | v0.8.1 |
| Traefik | v3.7.4 |
| CoreDNS | v1.14.4 |
| Helm-controller | v0.17.1 |
| Local-path-provisioner | v0.0.36 |
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