# cert-manager v1.19.5

- Product: cert-manager (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/cert-manager)
- Vendor: CNCF
- Date: 2026-04-21
- Version: v1.19.5
- Original notes: https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/tag/v1.19.5
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/cert-manager/releases/v1.19.5

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- **security** — Bump go dependencies with reported vulnerabilities
- **security** — Bump go to 1.25.8 to address several reported vulnerabilities
- **changed** — Bump go to 1.25.9

cert-manager is the easiest way to automatically manage certificates in Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters.

This is a simple patch release to fix some reported vulnerabilities. All users are recommended to upgrade.

##### Changes by Kind

###### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- Bump go dependencies with reported vulnerabilities ([#8706](https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/pull/8706), [@erikgb](https://github.com/erikgb))
- Bump go to 1.25.8 to address several reported vulnerabilities ([#8628](https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/pull/8628), [@SgtCoDFish](https://github.com/SgtCoDFish))
- Bump go to 1.25.9 ([#8705](https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/pull/8705), [@erikgb](https://github.com/erikgb))