- Reduces the needs of the setcap build image for kube-apiserver by no longer requiring that image to contain a shell (`sh` or `dash` or `bash`). ([#136633](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/136633), [@addyess](https://github.com/addyess)) [SIG Release]

- Kubernetes is now built with go 1.21.7
  - update setcap/debian-base to bookworm-v1.0.1
  - update distroless-iptables to v0.4.5 ([#123228](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123228), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG API Machinery, Architecture, Release and Testing]

   ([#123343](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123343), [@haircommander](https://github.com/haircommander))
- Updated `distroless-iptables` to `v0.5.0`, debian-base to `bookworm-v1.0.1`, and setcap to `bookworm-v1.0.1`.
   ([#123170](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/123170), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato))
- `NewVolumeManagerReconstruction` feature is now GA.

- Updated distroless iptables to use released image `registry.k8s.io/build-image/distroless-iptables:v0.2.2`
  - Updated setcap to use released image `registry.k8s.io/build-image/setcap:bullseye-v1.4.2` ([#116509](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116509), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Testing]

- Updates the following images to pick up CVE fixes:
  - `debian` to v1.9.0
  - `debian-iptables` to v1.6.6
  - `setcap` to v2.0.4 ([#104142](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104142), [@mengjiao-liu](https://github.com/mengjiao-liu))

## Changelog since v1.33.5

## Changes by Kind

### Feature

- Kubernetes is now built using Go 1.24.9
  - update setcap and debian-base to bookworm-v1.0.6 ([#134613](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134613), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Architecture, Cloud Provider, Etcd, Release, Storage and Testing]

### Bug or Regression

- Kubernetes is now built using Go 1.24.7 ([#134222](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134222), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Release and Testing]
- Kubernetes is now built using Go 1.24.9
  - update setcap and debian-base to bookworm-v1.0.6 ([#134612](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134612), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Architecture, Cloud Provider, Etcd, Release, Storage and Testing]

### Bug or Regression

- Kubernetes is now built with go 1.21.7
  - update setcap/debian-base to bookworm-v1.0.1

## Changelog since v1.32.9

## Changes by Kind

### Feature

- Kubernetes is now built using Go 1.24.9
  - update setcap and debian-base to bookworm-v1.0.6 ([#134617](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134617), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG Architecture, Auth, Cloud Provider, Etcd, Release, Storage and Testing]

## Changelog since v1.31.13

## Changes by Kind

### Feature

- Kubernetes is now built using Go 1.24.9
  - update setcap and debian-base to bookworm-v1.0.6 ([#134618](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134618), [@cpanato](https://github.com/cpanato)) [SIG API Machinery, Architecture, Cloud Provider, Etcd, Release, Storage and Testing]