- Remove the deprecated flags `--csr-only` and `--csr-dir` from `kubeadm certs renew`. Please use `kubeadm certs generate-csr` instead. ([#104796](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104796), [@RA489](https://github.com/RA489))

- github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4: [v4.1.3 → v4.2.1](https://github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4/compare/v4.1.3...v4.2.1)
- github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto: [v0.2.1 → v0.4.1](https://github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto/compare/v0.2.1...v0.4.1)
- github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2: [v2.1.2 → v2.2.0](https://github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2/compare/v2.1.2...v2.2.0)

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* GCE: Update cloud provider to use TPU v1 API ([#64727](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/64727), [@yguo0905](https://github.com/yguo0905))
* GCE: Bump GLBC version to 1.1.1 - fixing an issue of handling multiple certs with identical certificates. ([#62751](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62751), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))

### SIG Instrumentation

- Kubeadm: allow the `certs check-expiration` command to not require the existence of the cluster CA key (ca.key file) when checking the expiration of managed certificates in kubeconfig files. ([#106854](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/106854), [@neolit123](https://github.com/neolit123))

- cloud.google.com/go/firestore: v1.1.0 → v1.9.0
- cloud.google.com/go/pubsub: v1.3.1 → v1.30.0
- cloud.google.com/go: v0.97.0 → v0.110.0
- github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto: [v0.2.1 → v0.4.1](https://github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto/compare/v0.2.1...v0.4.1)
- github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2: [v2.1.2 → v2.2.0](https://github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2/compare/v2.1.2...v2.2.0)

- The commands `kubeadm certs renew` and `kubeadm certs check-expiration` now honor the `cert-dir` flag on a running Kubernetes cluster. ([#110709](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/110709), [@chendave](https://github.com/chendave))

  - Some kubeadm commands are now allowed to work in a completely offline mode.
- Certificate handling improvements:
  - Renew certs as part of upgrade.
  - New `kubeadm alpha phase certs renew` command for renewing certificates.
  - Certificates created with kubeadm now have improved uniqueness of Distinguished Name fields.
- HA improvements:

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- kubeadm: removed the deprecated flag `--experimental-output`, please use the flag `--output` instead that serves the same purpose. Affected commands are: `kubeadm config images list`, `kubeadm token list`, `kubeadm upgrade plan`, `kubeadm certs check-expiration`. ([#126914](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126914), [@carlory](https://github.com/carlory)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]