- Allow for configuration of CoreDNS replica count ([#85837](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85837), [@pickledrick](https://github.com/pickledrick)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

* CoreDNS is now version 1.5.0 ([#78030](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78030), [@rajansandeep](https://github.com/rajansandeep))
    * A `ready` plugin has been included to report pod readiness
    * The `proxy` plugin has been deprecated. The `forward` plugin is to be used instead.
    * CoreDNS fixes the logging now that kubernetes’ client lib switched to klog from glog.

- Kubeadm: Update CoreDNS to v1.9.3. ([#110489](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110489), [@pacoxu](https://github.com/pacoxu))

  Kubeadm now seamlessly migrates the CoreDNS Configuration when upgrading CoreDNS. ([#78033](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/78033), [@rajansandeep](https://github.com/rajansandeep))

## Known Issues

## Dependencies

### Added
_Nothing has changed._

### Changed
- github.com/coredns/corefile-migration: [v1.0.21 → v1.0.23](https://github.com/coredns/corefile-migration/compare/v1.0.21...v1.0.23)
- github.com/coreos/etcd: [v3.3.13+incompatible → v3.3.10+incompatible](https://github.com/coreos/etcd/compare/v3.3.13...v3.3.10)

- github.com/cncf/xds/go: [06c439d → e9ce688](https://github.com/cncf/xds/go/compare/06c439d...e9ce688)
- github.com/coredns/corefile-migration: [v1.0.20 → v1.0.21](https://github.com/coredns/corefile-migration/compare/v1.0.20...v1.0.21)
- github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin: [v0.2.3 → v0.2.4](https://github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin/compare/v0.2.3...v0.2.4)

* Kubeadm now includes CoreDNS version 1.6.5 ([#85109](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/85109), [@rajansandeep](https://github.com/rajansandeep))
    *  - `kubernetes` plugin adds metrics to measure kubernetes control plane latency.
    *  -  the `health` plugin now includes the `lameduck` option by default, which waits for a duration before shutting down.

* Kubeadm: CoreDNS supports migration of the kube-dns configuration to CoreDNS configuration when upgrading the service discovery from kube-dns to CoreDNS as part of Beta.  ([#58828](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58828), [@rajansandeep](https://github.com/rajansandeep))

- github.com/containerd/typeurl: [v1.0.1 → v1.0.2](https://github.com/containerd/typeurl/compare/v1.0.1...v1.0.2)
- github.com/coredns/corefile-migration: [v1.0.12 → v1.0.14](https://github.com/coredns/corefile-migration/compare/v1.0.12...v1.0.14)
- github.com/docker/docker: [v20.10.2+incompatible → v20.10.7+incompatible](https://github.com/docker/docker/compare/v20.10.2...v20.10.7)