- KCM specific args can be passed with `/cluster` script, without affecting CCM. New variable name: `KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_TEST_ARGS`. ([#120524](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120524), [@jprzychodzen](https://github.com/jprzychodzen)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

- github.com/armon/go-radix: [7fddfc3](https://github.com/armon/go-radix/tree/7fddfc3)
- github.com/bgentry/speakeasy: [v0.1.0](https://github.com/bgentry/speakeasy/tree/v0.1.0)
- github.com/bketelsen/crypt: [5cbc8cc](https://github.com/bketelsen/crypt/tree/5cbc8cc)
- github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4: [v4.1.3](https://github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4/tree/v4.1.3)
- github.com/cespare/xxhash: [v1.1.0](https://github.com/cespare/xxhash/tree/v1.1.0)

    - [kubeadm](#kubeadm)
    - [Cloud Providers](#cloud-providers)
  - [**Known Issues**](#known-issues)
  - [**Deprecations**](#deprecations)
    - [Cluster provisioning scripts](#cluster-provisioning-scripts)
    - [Client libraries](#client-libraries)
    - [DaemonSet](#daemonset)
    - [kube-proxy](#kube-proxy)
    - [Namespace](#namespace)
    - [Scheduling](#scheduling)

### Other notable changes

* federation: fix dns provider initialization issues ([#27252](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/27252), [@mfanjie](https://github.com/mfanjie))
* Updating federation up scripts to work in non e2e setup ([#27260](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/27260), [@nikhiljindal](https://github.com/nikhiljindal))

- Kubelet: added `usageNanoCores` from CRI stats provider ([#73659](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73659), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer))
- Introduced support for Windows nodes into the cluster bringup scripts for GCE. ([#73442](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73442), [@pjh](https://github.com/pjh))