# K3s v1.34.11+k3s1

- Product: K3s (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/k3s)
- Vendor: SUSE
- Date: 2026-08-27
- Version: v1.34.11+k3s1
- Original notes: https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/releases/tag/v1.34.11%2Bk3s1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/k3s/releases/v1.34.11-k3s1
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **changed** — Upgrade Traefik chart to v40.x which changes the ingress-nginx provider name from kubernetesIngressNginx to kubernetesIngressNGINX
- **changed** — Update Kubernetes to v1.34.11
- **changed** — Bump containerd to v2.2.7-k3s1
- **changed** — Bump rancher/mirrored-coredns-coredns image version
- **changed** — Bump Local Path Provisioner version
- **changed** — Update Go to 1.26.7

<!-- v1.34.11+k3s1 -->
> [!WARNING]
> This release upgrades Traefik chart to v40.x which includes a breaking change for the ingress-nginx migration: the provider name changes from `kubernetesIngressNginx` to `kubernetesIngressNGINX`. Check https://github.com/traefik/traefik-helm-chart/releases/tag/v40.0.0 for more details

This release updates Kubernetes to v1.34.11, and fixes a number of issues.

For more details on what's new, see the [Kubernetes release notes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.34.md#changelog-since-v13410).

##### Changes since v1.34.10+k3s1:

* Backport tests changes [(#14519)](https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/pull/14519)
* Bump rancher/mirrored-coredns-coredns image version [(#14532)](https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/pull/14532)
* Bump Local Path Provisioner version [(#14494)](https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/pull/14494)
* Bump containerd to v2.2.7-k3s1 [(#14520)](https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/pull/14520)
* Backports for 2026-08 [(#14524)](https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/pull/14524)
* Update to v1.34.11-k3s1 and Go 1.26.7 [(#14543)](https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/pull/14543)

##### Embedded Component Versions
| Component | Version |
|---|---|
| Kubernetes | [v1.34.11](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.34.md#v13411) |
| Kine | [v0.16.4](https://github.com/k3s-io/kine/releases/tag/v0.16.4) |
| SQLite | [3.53.4](https://sqlite.org/releaselog/3_53_4.html) |
| Etcd | [v3.6.14-k3s1](https://github.com/k3s-io/etcd/releases/tag/v3.6.14-k3s1) |
| Containerd | [v2.2.7-k3s1](https://github.com/k3s-io/containerd/releases/tag/v2.2.7-k3s1) |
| Runc | [v1.4.2](https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/tag/v1.4.2) |
| Flannel | [v0.28.4](https://github.com/flannel-io/flannel/releases/tag/v0.28.4) | 
| Metrics-server | [v0.9.0](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/metrics-server/releases/tag/v0.9.0) |
| Traefik | [v3.7.8](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.7.8) |
| CoreDNS | [v1.14.6](https://github.com/coredns/coredns/releases/tag/v1.14.6) | 
| Helm-controller | [v0.16.26](https://github.com/k3s-io/helm-controller/releases/tag/v0.16.26) |
| Local-path-provisioner | [v0.0.37](https://github.com/rancher/local-path-provisioner/releases/tag/v0.0.37) |

##### Helpful Links
As always, we welcome and appreciate feedback from our community of users. Please feel free to:
- [Open issues here](https://github.com/rancher/k3s/issues/new/choose)
- [Join our Slack channel](https://slack.rancher.io/)
- [Check out our documentation](https://rancher.com/docs/k3s/latest/en/) for guidance on how to get started or to dive deep into K3s.
- [Read how you can contribute here](https://github.com/rancher/k3s/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)