# Talos Linux v1.13.9

- Product: Talos Linux (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/talos-linux)
- Vendor: Sidero Labs
- Date: 2026-08-19
- Version: v1.13.9
- Original notes: https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/tag/v1.13.9
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/talos-linux/releases/v1.13.9

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- **changed** — Update Kubernetes to 1.36.3
- **changed** — Update Linux kernel to 6.18.44
- **changed** — Update containerd to 2.2.7
- **changed** — Update Go to 1.26.6
- **changed** — Update Linux firmware to 20260810
- **changed** — Update golang.org/x/net to v0.58.0
- **changed** — Update golang.org/x/text to v0.41.0
- **fixed** — Support try mode apply without prior config
- **fixed** — Share IPC namespace with the host for extension services
- **fixed** — Size the receive/send buffers for nftables netlink

##### [Talos 1.13.9](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/tag/v1.13.9) (2026-08-19)

Welcome to the v1.13.9 release of Talos!



Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/issues.

###### Component Updates

Linux: 6.18.44
containerd: 2.2.7
Kubernetes: 1.36.3

Talos is built with Go 1.26.6.


###### Contributors

* Andrey Smirnov
* Noel Georgi

###### Changes
<details><summary>7 commits</summary>
<p>

* siderolabs/talos@3ebd10a7c release(v1.13.9): prepare release
* siderolabs/talos@9ade215ce feat: update Kubernetes to 1.36.3
* siderolabs/talos@14343cd29 test: save the provision test logs
* siderolabs/talos@b33e5fce2 fix: support try mode apply without prior config
* siderolabs/talos@6a8f29591 fix: share IPC namespace with the host for extension services
* siderolabs/talos@b525b8290 fix: size the receive/send buffers for nftables netlink
* siderolabs/talos@7ac52642c feat: update Go to 1.26.6
</p>
</details>

###### Changes from siderolabs/pkgs
<details><summary>5 commits</summary>
<p>

* siderolabs/pkgs@f541ca4 feat: bump kernel to 6.18.44
* siderolabs/pkgs@a4f2c26 feat: bump kernel to 6.18.43
* siderolabs/pkgs@79a7531 feat: update Linux firmware to 20260810
* siderolabs/pkgs@89d76bf feat: update backportable dependencies
* siderolabs/pkgs@af6c08a feat: update Go to 1.26.6
</p>
</details>

###### Changes from siderolabs/tools
<details><summary>1 commit</summary>
<p>

* siderolabs/tools@a201d19 feat: update Go to 1.26.6
</p>
</details>

###### Dependency Changes

* **github.com/siderolabs/pkgs**                 v1.13.0-55-gf677246 -> v1.13.0-60-gf541ca4
* **github.com/siderolabs/talos/pkg/machinery**  v1.13.8 -> v1.13.9
* **github.com/siderolabs/tools**                v1.13.0-8-gc2844e6 -> v1.13.0-9-ga201d19
* **golang.org/x/net**                           v0.57.0 -> v0.58.0
* **golang.org/x/text**                          v0.40.0 -> v0.41.0
* **k8s.io/api**                                 v0.36.2 -> v0.36.3
* **k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver**             v0.36.2 -> v0.36.3
* **k8s.io/apimachinery**                        v0.36.2 -> v0.36.3
* **k8s.io/apiserver**                           v0.36.2 -> v0.36.3
* **k8s.io/client-go**                           v0.36.2 -> v0.36.3
* **k8s.io/component-base**                      v0.36.2 -> v0.36.3
* **k8s.io/cri-api**                             v0.36.2 -> v0.36.3
* **k8s.io/kube-scheduler**                      v0.36.2 -> v0.36.3
* **k8s.io/kubectl**                             v0.36.2 -> v0.36.3
* **k8s.io/kubelet**                             v0.36.2 -> v0.36.3
* **k8s.io/pod-security-admission**              v0.36.2 -> v0.36.3

Previous release can be found at [v1.13.8](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/tag/v1.13.8)

##### Images

```
ghcr.io/siderolabs/flannel:0.28.8
registry.k8s.io/coredns/coredns:v1.14.6
registry.k8s.io/etcd:v3.6.12
registry.k8s.io/pause:3.10.1
registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.36.3
registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.36.3
registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.36.3
registry.k8s.io/kube-proxy:v1.36.3
ghcr.io/siderolabs/kubelet:v1.36.3
registry.k8s.io/networking/kube-network-policies:v1.1.0
ghcr.io/siderolabs/installer:v1.13.9
ghcr.io/siderolabs/installer-base:v1.13.9
ghcr.io/siderolabs/imager:v1.13.9
ghcr.io/siderolabs/talos:v1.13.9
ghcr.io/siderolabs/talosctl-all:v1.13.9
ghcr.io/siderolabs/overlays:v1.13.9
ghcr.io/siderolabs/extensions:v1.13.9
```