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+## 👌 Kubernetes version support
+
+- Management Cluster: v1.26.x -> v1.30.x
+- Workload Cluster: v1.24.x -> v1.30.x
+
+[More information about version support can be found here](https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/reference/versions.html)
+
+## Changes since v1.7.8
+## :chart_with_upwards_trend: Overview
+- 6 new commits merged
+- 1 bug fixed 🐛
+
+## :bug: Bug Fixes
+- clusterctl: Fix: considers objects in kube-system for cert-manager to avoid upgrading twice (#11455)
+
+## :seedling: Others
+- clusterctl: Always run crd migration if possible to reduce conversion webhook usage (#11513)
+- Dependency: Bump github.com/coredns/corefile-migration to v1.0.24 (#11532)
+- Dependency: Bump go 1.22.10 (#11544)
+- Dependency: Bump Go version to v1.22.9 (#11420)
+- e2e: Add retry to clusterctl `UpgradeWithBinary` (#11542)
+
+## Dependencies
+
+### Added
+_Nothing has changed._
+
+### Changed
+- github.com/coredns/caddy: [v1.1.0 → v1.1.1](https://github.com/coredns/caddy/compare/v1.1.0...v1.1.1)
+- github.com/coredns/corefile-migration: [v1.0.21 → v1.0.24](https://github.com/coredns/corefile-migration/compare/v1.0.21...v1.0.24)
+
+### Removed
+- github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash: [v1.2.2](https://github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash/tree/v1.2.2)
+- github.com/alecthomas/template: [a0175ee](https://github.com/alecthomas/template/tree/a0175ee)
+- github.com/armon/circbuf: [bbbad09](https://github.com/armon/circbuf/tree/bbbad09)
+- github.com/armon/go-radix: [7fddfc3](https://github.com/armon/go-radix/tree/7fddfc3)
+- github.com/bgentry/speakeasy: [v0.1.0](https://github.com/bgentry/speakeasy/tree/v0.1.0)
+- github.com/bketelsen/crypt: [5cbc8cc](https://github.com/bketelsen/crypt/tree/5cbc8cc)
+- github.com/cespare/xxhash: [v1.1.0](https://github.com/cespare/xxhash/tree/v1.1.0)
+- github.com/coreos/bbolt: [v1.3.2](https://github.com/coreos/bbolt/tree/v1.3.2)
+- github.com/coreos/etcd: [v3.3.13+incompatible](https://github.com/coreos/etcd/tree/v3.3.13)
+- github.com/coreos/pkg: [399ea9e](https://github.com/coreos/pkg/tree/399ea9e)
+- github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go: [v3.2.0+incompatible](https://github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go/tree/v3.2.0)
+- github.com/dgryski/go-sip13: [e10d5fe](https://github.com/dgryski/go-sip13/tree/e10d5fe)
+- github.com/ghodss/yaml: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/ghodss/yaml/tree/v1.0.0)
+- github.com/go-kit/kit: [v0.8.0](https://github.com/go-kit/kit/tree/v0.8.0)
+- github.com/go-stack/stack: [v1.8.0](https://github.com/go-stack/stack/tree/v1.8.0)
+- github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk: [v0.1.1](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/tree/sdk/v0.1.1)
+- github.com/hashicorp/errwrap: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/hashicorp/errwrap/tree/v1.0.0)
+- github.com/hashicorp/go-msgpack: [v0.5.3](https://github.com/hashicorp/go-msgpack/tree/v0.5.3)
+- github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror/tree/v1.0.0)
+- github.com/hashicorp/go-sockaddr: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/hashicorp/go-sockaddr/tree/v1.0.0)
+- github.com/hashicorp/go-syslog: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/hashicorp/go-syslog/tree/v1.0.0)
+- github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid: [v1.0.1](https://github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid/tree/v1.0.1)
+- github.com/hashicorp/go.net: [v0.0.1](https://github.com/hashicorp/go.net/tree/v0.0.1)
+- github.com/hashicorp/logutils: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/hashicorp/logutils/tree/v1.0.0)
+- github.com/hashicorp/mdns: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/hashicorp/mdns/tree/v1.0.0)
+- github.com/hashicorp/memberlist: [v0.1.3](https://github.com/hashicorp/memberlist/tree/v0.1.3)
+- github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences: [v1.0.1](https://github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences/tree/v1.0.1)
+- github.com/kr/logfmt: [b84e30a](https://github.com/kr/logfmt/tree/b84e30a)
+- github.com/miekg/dns: [v1.0.14](https://github.com/miekg/dns/tree/v1.0.14)
+- github.com/mitchellh/cli: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/mitchellh/cli/tree/v1.0.0)
+- github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface/tree/v1.0.0)
+- github.com/mitchellh/gox: [v0.4.0](https://github.com/mitchellh/gox/tree/v0.4.0)
+- github.com/mitchellh/iochan: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/mitchellh/iochan/tree/v1.0.0)
+- github.com/oklog/ulid: [v1.3.1](https://github.com/oklog/ulid/tree/v1.3.1)
+- github.com/pascaldekloe/goe: [57f6aae](https://github.com/pascaldekloe/goe/tree/57f6aae)
+- github.com/pelletier/go-toml: [v1.2.0](https://github.com/pelletier/go-toml/tree/v1.2.0)
+- github.com/posener/complete: [v1.1.1](https://github.com/posener/complete/tree/v1.1.1)
+- github.com/prometheus/tsdb: [v0.7.1](https://github.com/prometheus/tsdb/tree/v0.7.1)
+- github.com/ryanuber/columnize: [9b3edd6](https://github.com/ryanuber/columnize/tree/9b3edd6)
+- github.com/sean-/seed: [e2103e2](https://github.com/sean-/seed/tree/e2103e2)
+- github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name/tree/v1.0.0)
+- github.com/spaolacci/murmur3: [f09979e](https://github.com/spaolacci/murmur3/tree/f09979e)
+- github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman/tree/v1.0.0)
+- gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2: v2.2.6
+- gopkg.in/resty.v1: v1.12.0
+
+_Thanks to all our contributors!_ 😊