diff --git a/docs/book/src/reference/versions.md b/docs/book/src/reference/versions.md
index bf4890c2988a..581d9adb10e7 100644
--- a/docs/book/src/reference/versions.md
+++ b/docs/book/src/reference/versions.md
@@ -130,17 +130,19 @@ The Kubeadm Control Plane requires the Kubeadm Bootstrap Provider.
 
 ##### CoreDNS
 
-| CAPI Version        | Max CoreDNS Version for Upgrade |
-|---------------------|---------------------------------|
-| v1.5 (v1beta1)      | v1.10.1                         |
-| >= v1.5.1 (v1beta1) | v1.11.1                         |
-| v1.6 (v1beta1)      | v1.11.1                         |
-| v1.7 (v1beta1)      | v1.11.1                         |
-| v1.8 (v1beta1)      | v1.11.3                         |
-| >= v1.8.9 (v1beta1) | v1.12.0                         |
-| v1.9 (v1beta1)      | v1.11.3                         |
-| >= v1.9.4 (v1beta1) | v1.12.0                         |
-| v1.10 (v1beta1)     | v1.12.0                         |
+| CAPI Version         | Max CoreDNS Version for Upgrade |
+|----------------------|---------------------------------|
+| v1.5 (v1beta1)       | v1.10.1                         |
+| >= v1.5.1 (v1beta1)  | v1.11.1                         |
+| v1.6 (v1beta1)       | v1.11.1                         |
+| v1.7 (v1beta1)       | v1.11.1                         |
+| v1.8 (v1beta1)       | v1.11.3                         |
+| >= v1.8.9 (v1beta1)  | v1.12.0                         |
+| >= v1.8.12 (v1beta1) | v1.12.1                         |
+| v1.9 (v1beta1)       | v1.11.3                         |
+| >= v1.9.4 (v1beta1)  | v1.12.0                         |
+| >= v1.9.7 (v1beta1)  | v1.12.1                         |
+| v1.10 (v1beta1)      | v1.12.1                         |
 
 #### Kubernetes version specific notes
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a53484ed6711..68f58d1c2f97 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.3.0
 	github.com/adrg/xdg v0.5.3
 	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0
-	github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.25
+	github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.26
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc
 	github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0
 	github.com/drone/envsubst/v2 v2.0.0-20210730161058-179042472c46
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ca065d323a1b..52e3c6bca9c1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7 h1:qlCDlTPz2n9fu58M0Nh1J/JzcFpfgkFHHX3O35r5vc
 github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7/go.mod h1:sRTcRWXGLrKw6yIGJ+l7amYJFfAXbZG0kBSc8r4zxgA=
 github.com/coredns/caddy v1.1.1 h1:2eYKZT7i6yxIfGP3qLJoJ7HAsDJqYB+X68g4NYjSrE0=
 github.com/coredns/caddy v1.1.1/go.mod h1:A6ntJQlAWuQfFlsd9hvigKbo2WS0VUs2l1e2F+BawD4=
-github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.25 h1:/XexFhM8FFlFLTS/zKNEWgIZ8Gl5GaWrHsMarGj/PRQ=
-github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.25/go.mod h1:56DPqONc3njpVPsdilEnfijCwNGC3/kTJLl7i7SPavY=
+github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.26 h1:xiiEkVB1Dwolb24pkeDUDBfygV9/XsOSq79yFCrhptY=
+github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.26/go.mod h1:56DPqONc3njpVPsdilEnfijCwNGC3/kTJLl7i7SPavY=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.1.0/go.mod h1:nnelYz7RCh+5ahJtPPxZlU+153eP4D4r3EedlOD2RNk=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.0/go.mod h1:nnelYz7RCh+5ahJtPPxZlU+153eP4D4r3EedlOD2RNk=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1 h1:yi21YpKnrx1gt5R+la8n5WgS0kCrsPp33dmEyHReZr4=
diff --git a/hack/tools/go.sum b/hack/tools/go.sum
index 8cbd5aff6d9d..b00f287f7389 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.sum
+++ b/hack/tools/go.sum
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0 h1:TCJt7ioM2cr/tfR8GPbGf9/VRAX8D2B4PjzCpfX540I=
 github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0/go.mod h1:VRRf09a7mHDIRezVKTRCrOq78v577GXq3bSa3EhrzVo=
 github.com/coredns/caddy v1.1.1 h1:2eYKZT7i6yxIfGP3qLJoJ7HAsDJqYB+X68g4NYjSrE0=
 github.com/coredns/caddy v1.1.1/go.mod h1:A6ntJQlAWuQfFlsd9hvigKbo2WS0VUs2l1e2F+BawD4=
-github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.25 h1:/XexFhM8FFlFLTS/zKNEWgIZ8Gl5GaWrHsMarGj/PRQ=
-github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.25/go.mod h1:56DPqONc3njpVPsdilEnfijCwNGC3/kTJLl7i7SPavY=
+github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.26 h1:xiiEkVB1Dwolb24pkeDUDBfygV9/XsOSq79yFCrhptY=
+github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.26/go.mod h1:56DPqONc3njpVPsdilEnfijCwNGC3/kTJLl7i7SPavY=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1 h1:yi21YpKnrx1gt5R+la8n5WgS0kCrsPp33dmEyHReZr4=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1/go.mod h1:irMmmIw/7yzSRPWryHsK7EYSg09caPQL03VsM8rvUec=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20191104093116-d3cd4ed1dbcf h1:iW4rZ826su+pqaw19uhpSCzhj44qo35pNgKFGqzDKkU=
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index f2d59837e17d..93c0c8e4e92a 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0 h1:TCJt7ioM2cr/tfR8GPbGf9/VRAX8D2B4PjzCpfX540I=
 github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0/go.mod h1:VRRf09a7mHDIRezVKTRCrOq78v577GXq3bSa3EhrzVo=
 github.com/coredns/caddy v1.1.1 h1:2eYKZT7i6yxIfGP3qLJoJ7HAsDJqYB+X68g4NYjSrE0=
 github.com/coredns/caddy v1.1.1/go.mod h1:A6ntJQlAWuQfFlsd9hvigKbo2WS0VUs2l1e2F+BawD4=
-github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.25 h1:/XexFhM8FFlFLTS/zKNEWgIZ8Gl5GaWrHsMarGj/PRQ=
-github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.25/go.mod h1:56DPqONc3njpVPsdilEnfijCwNGC3/kTJLl7i7SPavY=
+github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.26 h1:xiiEkVB1Dwolb24pkeDUDBfygV9/XsOSq79yFCrhptY=
+github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.26/go.mod h1:56DPqONc3njpVPsdilEnfijCwNGC3/kTJLl7i7SPavY=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.1.0/go.mod h1:nnelYz7RCh+5ahJtPPxZlU+153eP4D4r3EedlOD2RNk=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1 h1:yi21YpKnrx1gt5R+la8n5WgS0kCrsPp33dmEyHReZr4=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1/go.mod h1:irMmmIw/7yzSRPWryHsK7EYSg09caPQL03VsM8rvUec=