* Reverts to looking up the current VM in vSphere using the machine's UUID, either obtained via sysfs or via the `vm-uuid` parameter in the cloud configuration file. ([#40892](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/40892), [@robdaemon](https://github.com/robdaemon))

- github.com/vmware/vmw-guestinfo: [25eff15](https://github.com/vmware/vmw-guestinfo/tree/25eff15)

### Changed
- github.com/google/uuid: [v1.1.2 → v1.3.0](https://github.com/google/uuid/compare/v1.1.2...v1.3.0)
- github.com/kr/pretty: [v0.2.1 → v0.3.0](https://github.com/kr/pretty/compare/v0.2.1...v0.3.0)

- github.com/go-task/slim-sprig: [348f09d → 52ccab3](https://github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/compare/348f09d...52ccab3)
- github.com/gofrs/uuid: [v4.0.0+incompatible → v4.4.0+incompatible](https://github.com/gofrs/uuid/compare/v4.0.0...v4.4.0)
- github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4: [v4.4.2 → v4.5.0](https://github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4/compare/v4.4.2...v4.5.0)

- github.com/google/cel-go: [v0.12.5 → v0.12.6](https://github.com/google/cel-go/compare/v0.12.5...v0.12.6)
- github.com/google/uuid: [v1.1.2 → v1.3.0](https://github.com/google/uuid/compare/v1.1.2...v1.3.0)
- github.com/kr/pretty: [v0.2.1 → v0.3.0](https://github.com/kr/pretty/compare/v0.2.1...v0.3.0)

- github.com/vmware/vmw-guestinfo: [25eff15](https://github.com/vmware/vmw-guestinfo/tree/25eff15)

### Changed
- github.com/google/uuid: [v1.1.2 → v1.3.0](https://github.com/google/uuid/compare/v1.1.2...v1.3.0)
- github.com/kr/pretty: [v0.2.1 → v0.3.0](https://github.com/kr/pretty/compare/v0.2.1...v0.3.0)

- windows: Ensured graceful termination when being run as windows service ([#73292](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/73292), [@steffengy](https://github.com/steffengy))
- vSphere cloud provider now correctly retrieves the VM's UUID when running on Windows ([#71147](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/71147), [@benmoss](https://github.com/benmoss))

  * Filter out IPV6 node addresses. ([#45181](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45181), [@BaluDontu](https://github.com/BaluDontu))

  * Fix fetching of VM UUID on Ubuntu 16.04 and Fedora. ([#45311](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/45311), [@divyenpatel](https://github.com/divyenpatel))


#### Cluster Provisioning
* Juju:

## Non-user-facing Changes

* CRI now uses moutpoint as image filesystem identifier instead of UUID. ([#59475](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59475), [@Random-Liu](https://github.com/Random-Liu))

- github.com/google/gofuzz: [24818f7 → v1.0.0](https://github.com/google/gofuzz/compare/24818f7...v1.0.0)
- github.com/google/uuid: [v1.0.0 → v1.1.1](https://github.com/google/uuid/compare/v1.0.0...v1.1.1)
- github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud: [c818fa6 → v0.1.0](https://github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/compare/c818fa6...v0.1.0)

- github.com/coreos/rkt: v1.30.0
- github.com/globalsign/mgo: eeefdec
- github.com/google/certificate-transparency-go: v1.0.21
- github.com/heketi/rest: aa6a652
- github.com/heketi/utils: 435bc5b
- github.com/pborman/uuid: v1.2.0

# v1.17.0-rc.2

[Documentation](https://docs.k8s.io)

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