v1.33.X
Before upgrading from earlier releases, be sure to read the Kubernetes Urgent Upgrade Notes.
| Version | Release date | Kubernetes | Kine | SQLite | Etcd | Containerd | Runc | Flannel | Metrics-server | Traefik | CoreDNS | Helm-controller | Local-path-provisioner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.33.5+k3s1 | Sep 22 2025 | v1.33.5 | v0.14.0 | 3.50.4 | v3.5.21-k3s1 | v2.1.4-k3s1 | v1.3.1 | v0.27.0 | v0.8.0 | v3.3.6 | v1.12.3 | v0.16.13 | v0.0.31 |
| v1.33.4+k3s1 | Aug 25 2025 | v1.33.4 | v0.13.17 | 3.49.1 | v3.5.21-k3s1 | v2.0.5-k3s2 | v1.2.6 | v0.27.0 | v0.8.0 | v3.3.6 | v1.12.3 | v0.16.13 | v0.0.31 |
| v1.33.3+k3s1 | Jul 26 2025 | v1.33.3 | v0.13.17 | 3.49.1 | v3.5.21-k3s1 | v2.0.5-k3s2 | v1.2.6 | v0.27.0 | v0.7.2 | v3.3.6 | v1.12.1 | v0.16.13 | v0.0.31 |
| v1.33.2+k3s1 | Jun 30 2025 | v1.33.2 | v0.13.15 | 3.49.1 | v3.5.21-k3s1 | v2.0.5-k3s1 | v1.2.6 | v0.27.0 | v0.7.2 | v3.3.6 | v1.12.1 | v0.16.11 | v0.0.31 |
| v1.33.1+k3s1 | May 23 2025 | v1.33.1 | v0.13.15 | 3.49.1 | v3.5.21-k3s1 | v2.0.5-k3s1 | v1.2.6 | v0.26.7 | v0.7.2 | v3.3.6 | v1.12.1 | v0.16.10 | v0.0.31 |
| v1.33.0+k3s1 | May 08 2025 | v1.33.0 | v0.13.14 | v3.46.1 | v3.5.21-k3s1 | v2.0.4-k3s4 | v1.2.5 | v0.26.7 | v0.7.2 | v3.3.6 | v1.12.1 | v0.16.10 | v0.0.31 |
Release v1.33.5+k3s1
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)
Release v1.33.4+k3s1
This release updates Kubernetes to v1.33.4, and fixes a number of issues.
For more details on what's new, see the Kubernetes release notes.
Changes since v1.33.3+k3s1:
- Add retention flag specific for s3 (#12694)
- Backports for August (#12718)
- Bump coredns to 1.12.3 (#12728)
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- Bump metrics-server to v0.8.0 (#12741)
- Fix cert startup check events (#12746)
- Emit certs OK event on startup, if no certs need renewal (#12760)
- Update to v1.33.4-k3s1 and Go 1.24.5 (#12758)
- Update metric help to be more descriptive. (#12764)
Release v1.33.3+k3s1
This release updates Kubernetes to v1.33.3, and fixes a number of issues.
For more details on what's new, see the Kubernetes release notes.
Changes since v1.33.2+k3s1:
- Add usage description for etcd-snapshot (#12573)
- Refac shell completion to a better command structure (#12605)
- K3s completion shell command will now be separate to specific subcommands for bash and zsh
- GHA + Testing Backports (#12608)
- Backports for 2025-07 (#12631)
- Update to v1.33.3-k3s1 (#12652)
Release v1.33.2+k3s1
This release updates Kubernetes to v1.33.2, and fixes a number of issues.
For more details on what's new, see the Kubernetes release notes.
Changes since v1.33.1+k3s1:
- GHCR image release (#12462)
- Backports for 2025-06 (#12492)
- Bump helm-controller (#12518)
- Update network components (#12512)
- Update to v1.33.2-k3s1 and Go 1.24.4 (#12529)
Release v1.33.1+k3s1
This release updates Kubernetes to v1.33.1, and fixes a number of issues.
For more details on what's new, see the Kubernetes release notes.
Changes since v1.33.0+k3s1:
- Backports for May (#12319)
- Backports for 2025-05 (#12325)
- Fix authorization-config/authentication-config handling (#12344)
- Fix secretsencrypt race conditions (#12355)
- Update to v1.33.1-k3s1 (#12360)
- Fix startup e2e test (#12370)
Release v1.33.0+k3s1
This release updates Kubernetes to v1.33.0, and fixes a number of issues.
For more details on what's new, see the Kubernetes release notes.
Changes since v1.32.4+k3s1
- Build k3s overhaul (#12200)
- Fix sonobuoy conformance testing (#12214)
- Update k8s version to 1.33 (#12221)
- Remove ghcr from drone (#12229)