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Tool for running local Kubernetes clusters using Docker containers as nodes.
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0.32.0Verified 2026-08-23 from kind GitHub releases.
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Newest first15 stable release records
- 0.32.0v0.32.0Official release ↗
This release contains critical dependency updates, bug fixes, and defaults to Kubernetes 1.36.1.
- 0.31.0v0.31.0Official release ↗
This release contains dependency updates and defaults to Kubernetes 1.35.0.
- 0.30.0v0.30.0Official release ↗
This is small release containing patched dependencies and Kubernetes 1.34, as well as a bugfix for Kubernetes v1.33.0+ cluster reboots.
- 0.29.0v0.29.0Official release ↗
This is a quick security release to pickup the containerd 2.1.1 [CVE-2025-47290](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-47290) fix.
- 0.28.0v0.28.0Official release ↗
This release moves to Kubernetes to 1.33.1 by default.
- 0.27.0v0.27.0Official release ↗
This release moves kind to containerd 2.x** and contains fixes for nerdctl. It also moves Kubernetes to 1.32.2 by default.
- 0.26.0v0.26.0Official release ↗
This release brings Kubernetes v1.32.0 to kind by default and fixes `kind build node-image` for building for Kubernetes releases <v1.31.0 when not building Kubernetes from sourc…
- 0.25.0v0.25.0Official release ↗
This release contains a number of small networking fixes and the latest Kubernetes releases. Happy KubeCon!
- 0.24.0v0.24.0Official release ↗
Highlights from this release include network policy support using [sigs.k8s.io/kube-network-policies](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kube-network-policies) (thanks @aojea!)…
- 0.23.0v0.23.0Official release ↗
This release introduces initial limited support for `nerdctl` and kube-proxy nftables mode.
- 0.22.0v0.22.0Official release ↗
This release is a quick follow-up to [v0.21.0](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.21.0) with bug fixes including not overriding the host's binfmt_misc (a re…
- 0.21.0v0.21.0Official release ↗
This release patches the recent [runc CVEs](https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/security/advisories/GHSA-xr7r-f8xq-vfvv), as well as an issue with `kind build node-image` and…
- 0.20.0v0.20.0Official release ↗
KIND v0.20.0 fixes runc 1.1.6+ / misc controller support as well as cgroupns support on cgroup v1 and begins the migration to private cgroupns for all kind nodes.
- 0.19.0v0.19.0Official release ↗
KIND v0.19.0 contains a fix for airgapped node image usage and a significant overhaul over our base image and dependency management.
- 0.18.0v0.18.0 - Thanks Docker! 🐳Official release ↗
KIND v0.18.0 Comes with a big shoutout to [Docker, Inc.](https://www.docker.com/company/) for accepting us into the updated [Docker Sponsored OSS Program](https://www.docker.com…
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