# kind v0.33.0

- Product: kind (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kind)
- Vendor: Kubernetes SIGs
- Date: 2026-08-26
- Version: v0.33.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.33.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kind/releases/v0.33.0

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- **changed** — Default node image is now kindest/node:v1.37.0@sha256:a1ed56cfb0e7b93589bdf97c8cd566405a265939e3620fc4f5de89adff580ae5
- **changed** — Assorted dependency updates
- **fixed** — Respect Docker client proxy config for docker nodes
- **fixed** — Preserve external load balancer CDS/LDS configuration across container restarts
- **fixed** — Improve local-path-provisioner helperPod tolerations

This release contains critical dependency updates, bug fixes, and defaults to Kubernetes 1.36.1.

#### Breaking Changes

The default node image is now  `kindest/node:v1.37.0@sha256:a1ed56cfb0e7b93589bdf97c8cd566405a265939e3620fc4f5de89adff580ae5`.

#### New Features

* Assorted dependency updates.

Images pre-built for this release:

* v1.37.0: `kindest/node:v1.37.0@sha256:a1ed56cfb0e7b93589bdf97c8cd566405a265939e3620fc4f5de89adff580ae5`
* v1.36.4: `kindest/node:v1.36.4@sha256:099e049362a1526b2db71494e1947aae99bd16290d7c895f2b7ea312e3cbfaed`
* v1.35.8: `kindest/node:v1.35.8@sha256:07b2536e30b803ed61d1677a79df6115f798ce64c80f9e22f6ed45afd09323c0`
* v1.34.11: `kindest/node:v1.34.11@sha256:44e222ee2132dab25ff87301682f89eb82c7880ea3a1bf543bfe9708fd08d67d`

**NOTE**: You *must* use the `@sha256` digest to guarantee an image built for this release, until such a time as we switch to a different tagging scheme. Even then we will highly encourage digest pinning for security and reproducibility reasons.

See also:

* https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/quick-start/#creating-a-cluster
* https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/quick-start/#building-images

NOTE: These node images support amd64 and arm64, both of our supported platforms. **You must use the same platform as your host,** for more context see [#2718](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/issues/2718)

#### Fixes

* Respect Docker client proxy config for docker nodes. (#4192)
* Preserve external load balancer CDS/LDS configuration across container restarts. (#4195)
* Improve local-path-provisioner helperPod tolerations. (#4210)
* Assorted documentation fixes and improvements.

#### Contributors

Committers for this release:
* @antoineco
* @BenTheElder
* @christian-heusel
* @erichorwath
* @immanuwell
* @jboero
* @k8s-ci-robot
* @liggitt
* @null
* @popsiclelmlm
* @sestegra
* @stmcginnis
* @tom1299

We'd also like to thank everyone who touched the codebase, filed issues, and helped the community!