kind

kind 0.33.0

A tool for running local Kubernetes clusters using Docker container "nodes"

  • By Kubernetes SIGs
  • Open Source
  • Updated Aug 26, 2026
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About kind

kind is a tool for running local Kubernetes clusters using Docker container “nodes”.
kind was primarily designed for testing Kubernetes itself, but may be used for local development or CI.

What's new in 0.33.0

This release contains critical dependency updates, bug fixes, and defaults to Kubernetes 1.36.1.
Breaking Changes
The default node image is now kindest/node:v1.37.0@sha256:a1ed56cfb0e7b93589bdf97c8cd566405a265939e3620fc4f5de89adff580ae5.
New Features
- Assorted dependency updates.
Images pre-built for this release:
- v1.37.0: kindest/node:v1.37.0@sha256:a1ed56cfb0e7b93589bdf97c8cd566405a265939e3620fc4f5de89adff580ae5
- v1.36.4: kindest/node:v1.36.4@sha256:099e049362a1526b2db71494e1947aae99bd16290d7c895f2b7ea312e3cbfaed
- v1.35.8: kindest/node:v1.35.8@sha256:07b2536e30b803ed61d1677a79df6115f798ce64c80f9e22f6ed45afd09323c0
- v1.34.11: kindest/node:v1.34.11@sha256:44e222ee2132dab25ff87301682f89eb82c7880ea3a1bf543bfe9708fd08d67d
NOTE: You must use the @sha256 digest to guarantee an image built for this release, until such a time as we switch to a different tagging scheme. Even then we will highly encourage digest pinning for security and reproducibility reasons.
See also:
- https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/quick-start/#creating-a-cluster
- https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/quick-start/#building-images
NOTE: These node images support amd64 and arm64, both of our supported platforms. You must use the same platform as your host, for more context see #2718
Fixes
- Respect Docker client proxy config for docker nodes. (#4192)
- Preserve external load balancer CDS/LDS configuration across container restarts. (#4195)
- Improve local-path-provisioner helperPod tolerations. (#4210)
- Assorted documentation fixes and improvements.
Contributors
Committers for this release:
- @antoineco
- @BenTheElder
- @christian-heusel
- @erichorwath
- @immanuwell
- @jboero
- @k8s-ci-robot
- @liggitt
- @null
- @popsiclelmlm
- @sestegra
- @stmcginnis
- @tom1299
We'd also like to thank everyone who touched the codebase, filed issues, and helped the community!

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Technical details

PublisherKubernetes SIGs
Version0.33.0
Release date2026-08-26
LicenseApache-2.0
Installer typeportable
Architecturex64
Package IDKubernetes.kind

Links & install command

Install kind from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):

winget install --id=Kubernetes.kind -e

clustercontainerdockerk8skubernetes

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