- Update CoreDNS version to 1.6.7 in kubeadm ([#86260](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86260), [@rajansandeep](https://github.com/rajansandeep))[SIG Cluster Lifecycle]
- Update golang.org/x/crypto to fix CVE-2020-9283 ([#8838](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88381), [@BenTheElder](https://github.com/BenTheElder))[SIG CLI, Instrumentation, API Machinery, CLuster Lifecycle and Cloud Provider]

- Kubeadm: fixed a bug where the node registration information for a given node was not fetched correctly during "kubeadm upgrade node" and the node name can end up being incorrect in cases where the node name is not the same as the host name. ([#134364](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134364), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

- Kubeadm: the "kubeadm alpha certs" command is removed now, please use "kubeadm certs" instead. ([#97706](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97706), [@knight42](https://github.com/knight42)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

- Kubeadm: ensured waiting for apiserver uses a local client that doesn't reach to the control plane endpoint and instead reaches directly to the local API server endpoint. ([#134269](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134269), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

- Kubeadm: Fixes a kubeadm upgrade bug that could cause a custom CoreDNS configuration to be replaced with the default. ([#97016](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97016), [@rajansandeep](https://github.com/rajansandeep)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

### Changed

- Kubeadm: ensured waiting for apiserver uses a local client that doesn't reach to the control plane endpoint and instead reaches directly to the local API server endpoint. ([#134270](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134270), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Etcd: Update to version 3.5.12 ([#123188](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123188), [@bzsuni](https://github.com/bzsuni)) [SIG API Machinery, Cloud Provider, Cluster Lifecycle and Testing]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

- Kubeadm: fix a bug where the static pod changes detection logic is inconsistent with kubelet ([#118069](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/118069), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

- Kubeadm: the `CriticalAddonsOnly` toleration has been removed from `kube-proxy` DaemonSet ([#101966](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101966), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

  - [kube-log-runner](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/master/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/logs/kube-log-runner) is included in release tar balls. It can be used to replace the deprecated `--log-file` parameter. (#106123, @pohly) [SIG API Machinery, Architecture, Cloud Provider, Cluster Lifecycle and Instrumentation]
 
## Changes by Kind