# minikube v1.38.0

- Product: minikube (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/minikube)
- Vendor: Kubernetes
- Date: 2026-01-29
- Version: v1.38.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases/tag/v1.38.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/minikube/releases/v1.38.0

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- **added** — Add support for Kubernetes v1.35.0
- **added** — Add support for NVMe-oF/TCP block devices in VM Drivers
- **added** — Enable BTF debug symbols to support eBPF tooling in iso
- **added** — Add option to download preloads from github instead of GCS through --preload-source
- **added** — Add ability to run vmnet-helper as unprivileged user on macOS 26+ for Vfkit/Krunkit drivers
- **added** — Add option to add helm-based addons
- **added** — Add support for Kurdish language through LANGUAGE=ku
- **added** — Add support for Ukrainian language through LANGUAGE=uk
- **changed** — No Sudo required for vfkit/krunkit on macOS 26+
- **changed** — No Sudo required to run AI Playground on macOS GPUs using minikube
- **changed** — Add Rosetta support for deploying amd64 images on Apple silicon with vfkit
- **changed** — UI: Make output colorful based on status in profile list and addons list
- **changed** — Update kube-vip from v1.0.0 to v1.0.3 for HA multi-control plane
- **changed** — Enable cgroup v2 by using systemd cgroup driver for Kubernetes
- **deprecated** — Add warning on changing default runtime to containerd in the next version
- **deprecated** — Mark the legacy parallels driver as deprecated
- **removed** — Remove hyperkit driver builds and warn users to switch
- **removed** — Remove minikube support for 32-bit architectures
- **fixed** — Fix docker driver with crio runtime by installing dbus in KIC Drivers
- **fixed** — Fix nested VM detection on macOS and remove timeout multiplier

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##### Release Notes

##### Version 1.38.0 - 2026-01-28

##### Higlights

* No Sudo required for vfkit/krunkit on macOS 26+ (requires latest vmnet-helper)
* No Sudo required to run [AI Playground on Macos GPUs using minikube](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/tutorials/ai-playground/)
* vfkit: Add Rosetta support for deploying amd64 images on Apple silicon (#22140)

##### Features

* Add support for Kubernetes v1.35.0 (#21650)(#22015)(#22119)(#22328)
* VM Drivers: add support for NVMe-oF/TCP block devices (#22464)
* VM Drivers: Enable BTF debug symbols to support eBPF tooling in iso (#21800)
* Add option to download preloads from github instead of GCS through  --preload-source (#22221)
* Vfkit/Krunkit drivers: add ability to Run vmnet-helper as unprivileged user on macOS 26+ (#22501)
* add option to add helm-based addons (#21847)
* preload: download from github when gcs not available (#21605)

##### Warnings & Deprecations

* UI: Add a warning on changing default runtime to "containerd" in the next version (v1.39.0) (#22508)
* hyperkit: remove driver builds & warn users to switch (#21946)
* Remove minikube support for 32-bit architectures (#22401)

##### Improvements

* UI: colorful based on status (profile list, addons list) (#22418)
* Skip caching binaries when --no-kubernetes is set (#21139)
* improve retry logs to print less duplicate lines (#22232)
* improve ssh runner copying cert files (#21923)
* vmnet: Skip validation in download-only mode (#21635)
* Improve windows cert in kubeconfig: normalize generated cert paths to forward slashes (#21845)
* Add cgroup v2 freezer check for API server status (#22249)
* Set  `FailCgroupV1` kubelet option for kubenetes 1.35+ if cgroup v1 (#22319)
* containerd: retry on transient EOF errors for image load (#22310)
* cri: increase default 2s timeout for crictl commands (#22214)
* crio: verify images are deleted after "image rm" (#22243)
* docker runtime: Use CRI for ListImages function (#22263)
* image save: Add retry logic for local image in case of EOF (#22072)
* HA (multi-control plane): Update kube-vip from v1.0.0 to v1.0.3  (#21699)(#21960)(#22258)

##### Drivers

* drivers: Introduce WaitForSSHAccess and fix macos smoke tests (#22179)
* hyperkit driver: Fix file descriptor leaks in status (#22524)
* kvm: fix minikube on Fedora/RHEL with SELinux (#21550)
* kvm: remove dependency on external driver (#21625)
* Mark the legacy parallels driver as deprecated (#22379)
* none driver: Fix "stop"  with containerd runtime (#22275)
* Update minikube-machine drivers (#22369)
* verify aux drivers installed correctly and exit nicely if not (#21576)
* vfkit: Add Rosetta support for deploying amd64 images on Apple silicon (#22140)
* VM: Enable cgroup v2 by using "systemd cgroup driver"  for Kubernetes… (#22320)

##### Bug fixes

* KIC Drivers: fix docker driver with crio runtime: install dbus (#21724)
* fix: correctly detect nested VMs on macOS and remove timeout multiplier (#22277)
* fix: Increase timeout for containerd image list  (#22558)
* fix: kubevirt addon by removing curl dependency (#22557)
* fix: return non-zero exit code when status unavailable (#22494)
* crio: fix ingress by enabling hostNetwork and ClusterFirstWithHostNet (#22239)
* crio: fix preload overwriting user images (#22246)
* Fix Podman mount on macOS by adding host.containers.internal support (#22451)
* Fix the cri-dockerd version upgrade script (#22358)
* fix kubelet config option FailCgroupV1 to failCgroupV1 (#22325)
* addon registry-creds: Fix segfault without config file (#21786)

##### UI

* Add support for Kurdish language through LANGUAGE=ku  (#22512)
* Add support for Ukrainian language through LANGUAGE=uk (#21624)
* Improve french translation (#21559

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