v1.34.X
Upgrade Notice
Before upgrading from earlier releases, be sure to read the Kubernetes Urgent Upgrade Notes.
| Version | Release date | Kubernetes | Etcd | Containerd | Runc | Metrics-server | CoreDNS | Ingress-Nginx | Helm-controller | Canal (Default) | Calico | Cilium | Multus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.34.1+rke2r1 | Sep 17 2025 | v1.34.1 | v3.6.4-k3s3 | v2.1.4-k3s2 | v1.3.1 | v0.8.0 | v1.12.3 | v1.12.6-hardened1 | v0.16.13 | Flannel v0.27.3 Calico v3.30.3 | v3.30.3 | v1.18.1 | v4.2.2 |
Release v1.34.1+rke2r1
This release updates Kubernetes to v1.34.1.
Important Note
If your server (control-plane) nodes were not started with the --token CLI flag or config file key, a randomized token was generated during initial cluster startup. This key is used both for joining new nodes to the cluster, and for encrypting cluster bootstrap data within the datastore. Ensure that you retain a copy of this token, as is required when restoring from backup.
You may retrieve the token value from any server already joined to the cluster:
cat /var/lib/rancher/rke2/server/token
Changes since v1.33.4+rke2r1:
- Bump aquasecurity/trivy-action from 0.32.0 to 0.33.0 (#8841)
- Bump cni charts and coredns (#8843)
- Update k8s to v1.34, go to v1.24.6 (#8860)
- Bump ingress-nginx v1v1.30.14+rke2r4.12.6-hardened1 (#8868)
- Bump CNI chart latest version (#8887)
- Update metrics-server chart 3.13.001 (#8903)
- Update CoreDNS chart 1.43.302 (#8907)
- Update to v1.34.1 and Go v1.24.6 (#8919)
- Remove cloud-config arg from kubelet (#8927)
- Bump vsphere cpi chart (#8938)
Charts Versions
| Component | Version |
|---|---|
| rke2-cilium | 1.18.103 |
| rke2-canal | v3.30.3-build2025090900 |
| rke2-calico | v3.30.300 |
| rke2-calico-crd | v3.30.300 |
| rke2-coredns | 1.43.302 |
| rke2-ingress-nginx | 4.12.600 |
| rke2-metrics-server | 3.13.001 |
| rancher-vsphere-csi | 3.5.0-rancher100 |
| rancher-vsphere-cpi | 1.12.100 |
| harvester-cloud-provider | 0.2.1000 |
| harvester-csi-driver | 0.1.2400 |
| rke2-snapshot-controller | 4.0.003 |
| rke2-snapshot-controller-crd | 4.0.003 |
| rke2-snapshot-validation-webhook | 0.0.0 |