- Enable external plugins can be used as subcommands for kubectl create command if subcommand does not exist as builtin only when KUBECTL_ENABLE_CMD_SHADOW environment variable is exported. ([#116293](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116293), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu))

- k8s.io/kube-openapi: 15aac26 → 2695361
- k8s.io/utils: a36077c → d93618c
- sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client: v0.1.1 → v0.1.2
- sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api: v0.13.2 → 6ce0bf3
- sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config: v0.11.1 → v0.11.2
- sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5: v5.0.1 → 6ce0bf3
- sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml: v0.14.1 → 6ce0bf3

### Removed

- Fixed OpenAPI serialization of the x-kubernetes-validations field ([#107970](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/107970), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
- Fixed failed flushing logs in defer function when kubelet cmd exit 1. ([#104774](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104774), [@kerthcet](https://github.com/kerthcet))

- go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.com/emicklei/go-restful/otelrestful: v0.20.0
- go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators: v0.20.0
- google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc: v1.1.0

### Changed
- bitbucket.org/bertimus9/systemstat: 0eeff89 → v0.5.0
- cloud.google.com/go: v0.81.0 → v0.97.0