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+## Changes since v0.12.4
+## :chart_with_upwards_trend: Overview
+- 26 new commits merged
+- 2 bugs fixed 🐛
+
+## :bug: Bug Fixes
+- Allow changing DNSNameservers in subnet config for OpenstackCluster (#2721)
+- Fixes out-of-range bug when multiple ports are passed to getSGControlPlaneAdditionalPorts (#2689)
+
+## :seedling: Others
+- Add Moshiur as reviewer (#2771)
+- Bump cloud-build image to support go 1.23 (#2610)
+- Bump go to 1.24.9 (#2786)
+- Bump oauth2 (#2631)
+- E2E: Update Calico to v3.30.2 (#2642)
+- Migrate CI to stable/2025.2 (#2813)
+- Refactor generate-codegen (#2762)
+- Remove mdbooth as a maintainer (#2760)
+- Uplift go 1.23.12 to address security issue in release-0.12 (#2710)
+
+## Dependencies
+
+### Added
+- github.com/gkampitakis/ciinfo: [v0.3.2](https://github.com/gkampitakis/ciinfo/tree/v0.3.2)
+- github.com/gkampitakis/go-diff: [v1.3.2](https://github.com/gkampitakis/go-diff/tree/v1.3.2)
+- github.com/gkampitakis/go-snaps: [v0.5.15](https://github.com/gkampitakis/go-snaps/tree/v0.5.15)
+- github.com/goccy/go-yaml: [v1.18.0](https://github.com/goccy/go-yaml/tree/v1.18.0)
+- github.com/joshdk/go-junit: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/joshdk/go-junit/tree/v1.0.0)
+- github.com/maruel/natural: [v1.1.1](https://github.com/maruel/natural/tree/v1.1.1)
+- github.com/mfridman/tparse: [v0.18.0](https://github.com/mfridman/tparse/tree/v0.18.0)
+- github.com/tidwall/gjson: [v1.18.0](https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/tree/v1.18.0)
+- github.com/tidwall/match: [v1.1.1](https://github.com/tidwall/match/tree/v1.1.1)
+- github.com/tidwall/pretty: [v1.2.1](https://github.com/tidwall/pretty/tree/v1.2.1)
+- github.com/tidwall/sjson: [v1.2.5](https://github.com/tidwall/sjson/tree/v1.2.5)
+- go.yaml.in/yaml/v2: v2.4.2
+- go.yaml.in/yaml/v3: v3.0.4
+- golang.org/x/tools/go/expect: v0.1.0-deprecated
+- golang.org/x/tools/go/packages/packagestest: v0.1.1-deprecated
+
+### Changed
+- github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3: [v3.3.0 → v3.4.0](https://github.com/Masterminds/semver/compare/v3.3.0...v3.4.0)
+- github.com/coredns/corefile-migration: [v1.0.26 → v1.0.27](https://github.com/coredns/corefile-migration/compare/v1.0.26...v1.0.27)
+- github.com/docker/docker: [v27.3.1+incompatible → v28.0.2+incompatible](https://github.com/docker/docker/compare/v27.3.1...v28.0.2)
+- github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/v2: [v2.7.0 → v2.9.0](https://github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/compare/v2.7.0...v2.9.0)
+- github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2: [v2.23.4 → v2.27.2](https://github.com/onsi/ginkgo/compare/v2.23.4...v2.27.2)
+- github.com/onsi/gomega: [v1.37.0 → v1.38.2](https://github.com/onsi/gomega/compare/v1.37.0...v1.38.2)
+- github.com/prometheus/client_golang: [v1.22.0 → v1.23.2](https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/compare/v1.22.0...v1.23.2)
+- github.com/prometheus/client_model: [v0.6.1 → v0.6.2](https://github.com/prometheus/client_model/compare/v0.6.1...v0.6.2)
+- github.com/prometheus/common: [v0.62.0 → v0.66.1](https://github.com/prometheus/common/compare/v0.62.0...v0.66.1)
+- github.com/prometheus/procfs: [v0.15.1 → v0.16.1](https://github.com/prometheus/procfs/compare/v0.15.1...v0.16.1)
+- github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal: [v1.12.0 → v1.13.1](https://github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal/compare/v1.12.0...v1.13.1)
+- github.com/spf13/pflag: [v1.0.6 → v1.0.10](https://github.com/spf13/pflag/compare/v1.0.6...v1.0.10)
+- github.com/stretchr/testify: [v1.10.0 → v1.11.1](https://github.com/stretchr/testify/compare/v1.10.0...v1.11.1)
+- go.uber.org/mock: v0.5.2 → v0.6.0
+- golang.org/x/crypto: v0.39.0 → v0.41.0
+- golang.org/x/mod: v0.25.0 → v0.27.0
+- golang.org/x/net: v0.40.0 → v0.43.0
+- golang.org/x/oauth2: v0.24.0 → v0.30.0
+- golang.org/x/sync: v0.15.0 → v0.16.0
+- golang.org/x/sys: v0.33.0 → v0.35.0
+- golang.org/x/telemetry: bda5523 → 1a19826
+- golang.org/x/term: v0.32.0 → v0.34.0
+- golang.org/x/text: v0.26.0 → v0.28.0
+- golang.org/x/tools: v0.33.0 → v0.36.0
+- google.golang.org/protobuf: v1.36.5 → v1.36.8
+- k8s.io/api: v0.31.10 → v0.31.14
+- k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver: v0.31.10 → v0.31.14
+- k8s.io/apimachinery: v0.31.10 → v0.31.14
+- k8s.io/apiserver: v0.31.10 → v0.31.14
+- k8s.io/client-go: v0.31.10 → v0.31.14
+- k8s.io/code-generator: v0.31.10 → v0.31.14
+- k8s.io/component-base: v0.31.10 → v0.31.14
+- k8s.io/kms: v0.31.10 → v0.31.14
+- sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test: v1.9.9 → v1.9.11
+- sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api: v1.9.9 → v1.9.11
+- sigs.k8s.io/randfill: 069ef1b → v1.0.0
+- sigs.k8s.io/yaml: v1.4.0 → v1.6.0
+
+### Removed
+- github.com/prashantv/gostub: [v1.1.0](https://github.com/prashantv/gostub/tree/v1.1.0)
+
+_Thanks to all our contributors!_ 😊