- Default burst limit for the discovery client set to 300. ([#109141](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109141), [@ulucinar](https://github.com/ulucinar))
- Deleted the `apimachinery/clock` package. Please use `k8s.io/utils/clock` package instead. ([#109752](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/109752), [@MadhavJivrajani](https://github.com/MadhavJivrajani))

- k8s.io/system-validators: v1.1.2 → v1.2.0
- k8s.io/utils: 6e3d28b → d5654de

### Removed
- github.com/godbus/dbus: [ade71ed](https://github.com/godbus/dbus/tree/ade71ed)
- github.com/xlab/handysort: [fb3537e](https://github.com/xlab/handysort/tree/fb3537e)
- sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v3: v3.0.0

* Test x509 intermediates correctly ([#34524](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34524), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* Add `cifs-utils` to the hyperkube image. ([#34416](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34416), [@colemickens](https://github.com/colemickens))

- gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2: 89060de → v2.2.2
- gopkg.in/yaml.v2: v2.2.1 → v2.2.2
- k8s.io/gengo: f8a0810 → 26a6646
- k8s.io/klog: v0.3.1 → v0.4.0
- k8s.io/kube-openapi: b3a7cee → 743ec37
- k8s.io/utils: c2654d5 → 581e001
- sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff: e85c7b2 → 6149e45

#### Removed

- github.com/Azure/go-autorest: [v11.1.2+incompatible](https://github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tree/v11.1.2)

* Fix upgrade.sh image setup ([#34468](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34468), [@mtaufen](https://github.com/mtaufen))
* Add `cifs-utils` to the hyperkube image. ([#34416](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34416), [@colemickens](https://github.com/colemickens))

- kubeadm: You can now delete multiple bootstrap tokens at once. ([#75646](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75646), [@bart0sh](https://github.com/bart0sh))
- util/initsystem: Added support for the OpenRC init system ([#73101](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73101), [@oz123](https://github.com/oz123))

* Move private key parsing from serviceaccount/jwt.go to client-go/util/cert ([#40907](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40907), [@cblecker](https://github.com/cblecker))

- google.golang.org/protobuf: v1.28.0 → v1.28.1
- k8s.io/gengo: c02415c → c0856e2
- k8s.io/klog/v2: v2.70.1 → v2.80.1
- k8s.io/kube-openapi: 67bda5d → 172d655
- k8s.io/system-validators: v1.7.0 → v1.8.0
- k8s.io/utils: ee6ede2 → 1a15be2
- sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client: v0.0.32 → v0.0.33
- sigs.k8s.io/yaml: v1.2.0 → v1.3.0

### Removed

- google.golang.org/grpc: v1.54.0 → v1.58.3
- google.golang.org/protobuf: v1.30.0 → v1.31.0
- k8s.io/gengo: c0856e2 → 9cce18d
- k8s.io/klog/v2: v2.100.1 → v2.110.1
- k8s.io/kube-openapi: 2695361 → 2dd684a
- k8s.io/utils: d93618c → 3b25d92
- sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client: v0.1.2 → v0.28.0
- sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4: v4.2.3 → v4.4.1

### Removed
- cloud.google.com/go/dataproc: v1.12.0

* Update k8s.io/utils to allow for asynchronous process control ([#71047](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71047), [@hoegaarden](https://github.com/hoegaarden))