- github.com/docker/go-events: [e31b211](https://github.com/docker/go-events/tree/e31b211)
- github.com/go-ini/ini: [v1.67.0](https://github.com/go-ini/ini/tree/v1.67.0)
- github.com/gobwas/glob: [v0.2.3](https://github.com/gobwas/glob/tree/v0.2.3)
- github.com/goccy/go-json: [v0.10.2](https://github.com/goccy/go-json/tree/v0.10.2)

- Added a new `--init-only` command line flag to `kube-proxy`. Setting the flag makes `kube-proxy` perform its initial configuration that requires privileged mode, and then exit. The `--init-only` mode is intended to be executed in a privileged init container, so that the main container may run with a stricter `securityContext`. ([#120864](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120864),...

- kubeadm has graduated `kubeadm alpha phase` commands to `kubeadm init phase`. This means that the phases of creating a control-plane node are now tightly integrated as part of the `init` command. Alpha features, not yet ready for GA are still kept under `kubeadm alpha` and we appreciate feedback on them.

- github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/ini: [v1.8.0 → v1.8.3](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/compare/internal/ini/v1.8.0...internal/ini/v1.8.3)

- Fixed a bug where init containers may fail to start due to a temporary container runtime failure. ([#127213](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/127213), [@SergeyKanzhelev](https://github.com/SergeyKanzhelev)) [SIG Node]

### Federation
* The --dns-provider argument of 'kubefed init' is now mandatory and does not default to `google-clouddns`. To initialize a Federation control plane with Google Cloud DNS, use the following invocation: 'kubefed init --dns-provider=google-clouddns' ([#42092](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/42092), [@marun](https://github.com/marun))

 - The default Bootstrap Token created with `kubeadm init` v1.8 expires
 and is deleted after 24 hours by default to limit the exposure of the
 valuable credential. You can create a new Bootstrap Token with
 `kubeadm token create` or make the default token permanently valid by specifying
 `--token-ttl 0` to `kubeadm init`. The default token can later be deleted with
 `kubeadm token delete`.

 - Fix HPA when using init containers and CRI-O ([#90901](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90901), [@joelsmith](https://github.com/joelsmith)) [SIG Node]
 - Fix flaws in Azure CSI translation ([#90325](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/90325), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

statically to `IfNotPresent` for all required images. If you want to always pull the latest images before cluster init (as `Always` would do), run `kubeadm config images pull` before each `kubeadm init`. If you don't want the kubelet to pull any images at `kubeadm init` time, for example if you don't have an internet connection, you can also run `kubeadm config images pull` before `kubeadm init` or side-load the images some other way (such as `docker load -i image.tar`). Having the images locally cached...

- Joining control plane nodes to a HA cluster can now be simplified by enabling the optional automatic copy of certificates from an existing control plane node.
- You can now use `kubeadm init --experimental-upload-certs` and `kubeadm join --experimental-control-plane --certificate-key`.
kubernetes/kubeadm: [#1373](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubeadm/issues/1373)