- github.com/tidwall/gjson: [v1.18.0](https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/tree/v1.18.0)
- github.com/tidwall/match: [v1.1.1](https://github.com/tidwall/match/tree/v1.1.1)
- github.com/tidwall/pretty: [v1.2.1](https://github.com/tidwall/pretty/tree/v1.2.1)
- github.com/tidwall/sjson: [v1.2.5](https://github.com/tidwall/sjson/tree/v1.2.5)
- go.uber.org/automaxprocs: v1.6.0

- Added ability for kubectl wait to wait on arbitary JSON path (#105776, @lauchokyip) [SIG CLI]
- Added the ability to specify whether to use an RFC7396 JSON Merge Patch, an RFC6902 JSON Patch, or a Strategic Merge Patch to perform an override of the resources created by kubectl run and kubectl expose. (#105140, @brianpursley) [SIG CLI]

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

### Changed
- github.com/evanphx/json-patch: [162e562 → v4.9.0+incompatible](https://github.com/evanphx/json-patch/compare/162e562...v4.9.0)

### Removed
- github.com/jessevdk/go-flags: [v1.4.0](https://github.com/jessevdk/go-flags/tree/v1.4.0)



# v1.17.11

    * API fields previously capable of storing and returning either `[]` and `null` via JSON API requests (for example, the Endpoints `subsets` field) can now store only `null` when created using the protobuf content-type or stored in etcd using protobuf serialization (the default in 1.6+). JSON API clients should tolerate `null` values for such fields, and treat `null` and `[]` as equivalent in meaning unless specifically documented otherwise...

*   The Kubelet's feature gates are now specified as a map when provided via a JSON or YAML KubeletConfiguration, rather than as a string of key-value pairs, making them less awkward for users. ([#53025](https://github.com/kub...

- Added support for encoding and decoding types that implement the standard library interfaces `json.Marshaler`, `json.Unmarshaler`, `encoding.TextMarshaler`, or `encoding.TextUnmarshaler` to and from CBOR by transcoding. ([#132935](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132935), [@benluddy](https://github.com/benluddy))

<table>
  <tr>
    <td>previous</td>
    <td>now</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>GET /swagger.json</td>
    <td>GET /openapi/v2

- kube-controller-manager
  - The deprecated `--insecure-experimental-approve-all-kubelet-csrs-for-group` flag has been removed.
- kubelet
  - The deprecated `--google-json-key` flag has been removed. Remove the `--google-json-key` flag from kubelet invocations before upgrading. ([#69354](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/69354), [@yujuhong](https://github.com/yujuhong))

API fields previously capable of storing and returning either `[]` and `null` via JSON API requests (for example, the Endpoints `subsets` field)
can now store only `null` when created using the protobuf content-type or stored in etcd using protobuf serialization (the default in 1.6).

### Feature

- 'kubeadm: enhanced the "patches" functionality to be able to patch coredns
  deployment. The new patch target is called "corednsdeployment" (e.g. patch file
  "corednsdeployment+json.json"). This makes it possible to apply custom patches
  to coredns deployment during "init" and "upgrade".' ([#124820](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124820), [@SataQiu](https://github.com/SataQiu)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]