* kubelet's `--cni-bin-dir` option now accepts multiple comma-separated CNI binary directory paths, which are searched for CNI plugins in the given order. ([#58714](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58714), [@dcbw](https://github.com/dcbw))

* [IPVS] Introduces flag ipvs-strict-arp to configure stricter ARP sysctls, defaulting to false to preserve existing behaviors. This was enabled by default in 1.13.0, which impacted a few CNI plugins. ([#75295](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75295), [@lbernail](https://github.com/lbernail))

- Kubelet: the following dockershim related flags are also removed along with dockershim `--experimental-dockershim-root-directory`, `--docker-endpoint`, `--image-pull-progress-deadline`, `--network-plugin`, `--cni-conf-dir`, `--cni-bin-dir`, `--cni-cache-dir`, `--network-plugin-mtu`. ([#106907](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106907), [@cyclinder](https://github.com/cyclinder))

- github.com/containerd/console: [v1.0.1 → v1.0.2](https://github.com/containerd/console/compare/v1.0.1...v1.0.2)
- github.com/containernetworking/cni: [v0.8.0 → v0.8.1](https://github.com/containernetworking/cni/compare/v0.8.0...v0.8.1)
- github.com/coredns/corefile-migration: [v1.0.11 → v1.0.12](https://github.com/coredns/corefile-migration/compare/v1.0.11...v1.0.12)

- Introduced the flag `--ipvs-strict-arp` to configure stricter ARP sysctls, defaulting to false to preserve existing behaviors. This was enabled by default in 1.13.0, which impacted a few CNI plugins. ([#75295](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75295), [@lbernail](https://github.com/lbernail))

* [IPVS] Introduces flag ipvs-strict-arp to configure stricter ARP sysctls, defaulting to false to preserve existing behaviors. This was enabled by default in 1.13.0, which impacted a few CNI plugins. ([#75295](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/75295), [@lbernail](https://github.com/lbernail))

  manager. ([#114095](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114095), [@aimuz](https://github.com/aimuz))

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Added automatic download of the CNI binary in `local-up-cluster.sh`, facilitating local debugging. ([#120312](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120312), [@HirazawaUi](https://github.com/HirazawaUi))

- Updated cni-plugins to [v1.5.1](https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/releases/tag/v1.5.1). ([#126966](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126966), [@saschagrunert](https://github.com/saschagrunert)) [SIG Cloud Provider, Node and Testing]

- github.com/containerd/typeurl: [2a93cfd → v1.0.0](https://github.com/containerd/typeurl/compare/2a93cfd...v1.0.0)
- github.com/containernetworking/cni: [v0.7.1 → v0.8.0](https://github.com/containernetworking/cni/compare/v0.7.1...v0.8.0)
- github.com/coredns/corefile-migration: [v1.0.6 → v1.0.10](https://github.com/coredns/corefile-migration/compare/v1.0.6...v1.0.10)

- Fix the regression with the slow pods termination. Before this fix pods may take an additional time to terminate - up to one minute. Reversing the change that ensured that CNI resources cleaned up when the pod is removed on API server. ([#97980](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97980), [@SergeyKanzhelev](https://github.com/SergeyKanzhelev)) [SIG Node]