AWS eks documentation change

Service: eks · 2026-06-04 · Documentation low

File: eks/latest/userguide/migrate-stack.md

Summary

Updated Kubernetes version references from 1.33/1.35 to 1.34/1.36 in migration instructions and code snippets

Security assessment

Version number updates reflect routine Kubernetes upgrades without any security context, vulnerability mentions, or security feature documentation.

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/migrate-stack.md b/eks/latest/userguide/migrate-stack.md
index 13fc78279..58ab3cabd 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/migrate-stack.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/migrate-stack.md
@@ -68 +68 @@ For more available flags and their descriptions, see https://eksctl.io/.
-      --version 1.35 \
+      --version 1.36 \
@@ -160 +160 @@ Replace the `ARN of instance role (not instance profile)` snippet with the **Nod
-If you’re upgrading your nodes to a new Kubernetes version, you can identify and taint all of the nodes of a particular Kubernetes version (in this case, `1.33`) with the following code snippet. The version number can’t be later than the Kubernetes version of your control plane. It also can’t be more than two minor versions earlier than the Kubernetes version of your control plane. We recommend that you use the same version as your control plane.
+If you’re upgrading your nodes to a new Kubernetes version, you can identify and taint all of the nodes of a particular Kubernetes version (in this case, `1.34`) with the following code snippet. The version number can’t be later than the Kubernetes version of your control plane. It also can’t be more than two minor versions earlier than the Kubernetes version of your control plane. We recommend that you use the same version as your control plane.
@@ -162 +162 @@ If you’re upgrading your nodes to a new Kubernetes version, you can identify a
-        K8S_VERSION=1.33
+        K8S_VERSION=1.34
@@ -187 +187 @@ An example output is as follows. This cluster is using CoreDNS for DNS resolutio
-If you’re upgrading your nodes to a new Kubernetes version, identify and drain all of the nodes of a particular Kubernetes version (in this case, `1.33`) with the following code snippet.
+If you’re upgrading your nodes to a new Kubernetes version, identify and drain all of the nodes of a particular Kubernetes version (in this case, `1.34`) with the following code snippet.
@@ -189 +189 @@ If you’re upgrading your nodes to a new Kubernetes version, identify and drain
-        K8S_VERSION=1.33
+        K8S_VERSION=1.34