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+## 👌 Kubernetes version support
+
+- Management Cluster: v1.27.x -> v1.31.x
+- Workload Cluster: v1.25.x -> v1.31.x
+
+[More information about version support can be found here](https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/reference/versions.html)
+
+## Changes since v1.8.4
+## :chart_with_upwards_trend: Overview
+- 9 new commits merged
+- 2 bugs fixed 🐛
+
+## :bug: Bug Fixes
+- KCP: Consider all machines for setting .status.version (#11306)
+- Testing: Fix: incorrect name used in kustomize path (#11307)
+
+## :seedling: Others
+- clusterctl: Bump cert-manager to 1.16.1 (#11323)
+- Dependency: Bump Go to v1.22.8 version (#11359)
+- e2e: Remove json logging replacement in e2e test config (#11321)
+- e2e: Test: add PreWaitForControlplaneToBeUpgraded to ClusterUpgradeConformanceSpec (#11303)
+- KCP: Skip validation if CoreDNS migration library supports an upgrade if the library is not used (#11325)
+- Testing: Test/framework: allow to include arbitrary types when dumping resources (#11310)
+
+:book: Additionally, there has been 1 contribution to our documentation and book. (#11294) 
+
+## Dependencies
+
+### Added
+_Nothing has changed._
+
+### Changed
+_Nothing has changed._
+
+### Removed
+_Nothing has changed._
+
+_Thanks to all our contributors!_ 😊