Kubernetes v1.37: Release Cycle Sneak Peek
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Dipesh Rawat
May 22, 2026, 12:16:27 PM (yesterday) May 22
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Hello Kubernetes community,
I hope you had a smooth experience with Kubernetes v1.36 "Haru"[0], our spring release. With that release behind us, the Kubernetes Release Team is now moving into the next release cycle: Kubernetes v1.37[1].
My name is Dipesh Rawat, and I will be serving as the Release Lead for v1.37. On behalf of the Kubernetes v1.37 Release Team, I am happy to share the release schedule and introduce the team helping guide this cycle.
The v1.37 release cycle began on Monday, May 18th, 2026. We are targeting Wednesday, August 26th, 2026 for the final release cut. The full schedule is available here[2].
Major milestones for this cycle:
We also have a great group of subteam leads supporting the release:
- Subhasmita Swain as Enhancements Lead
- Swathi Rao as Communications Lead
- Muhammad Adil Ghaffar as Release Signal Lead
- Tushar Mittal as Docs Lead
- Agustina Barbetta as Branch Manager
The v1.37 Release Team details are available here[3].
Thank you to everyone who reviewed the schedule and shared feedback. You will see more detailed release communications from the team as the cycle progresses.
If you have comments, concerns, or questions, please reach out in #sig-release[4].
Thank you,
Dipesh Rawat
On behalf of the Kubernetes v1.37 Release Team
[0]: Kubernetes v1.36: Haru
[1]: kubernetes-release-cadence
[2]: sig-release/releases/release-1.37
[3]: sig-release/releases/release-1.37/release-team.md
[4]: #sig-release
I hope you had a smooth experience with Kubernetes v1.36 "Haru"[0], our spring release. With that release behind us, the Kubernetes Release Team is now moving into the next release cycle: Kubernetes v1.37[1].
My name is Dipesh Rawat, and I will be serving as the Release Lead for v1.37. On behalf of the Kubernetes v1.37 Release Team, I am happy to share the release schedule and introduce the team helping guide this cycle.
The v1.37 release cycle began on Monday, May 18th, 2026. We are targeting Wednesday, August 26th, 2026 for the final release cut. The full schedule is available here[2].
Major milestones for this cycle:
- Release Cycle begins: Monday, 18th May, 2026
- Enhancements Freeze: Tuesday, 16th June, 2026 (End of Day, Anywhere on Earth) / 12:00 UTC Wednesday, 17th June, 2026
- Code Freeze: Wednesday, 22nd July, 2026 (End of Day, Anywhere on Earth) / 12:00 UTC Thursday, 23rd July, 2026
- Release Day: Wednesday, 26th August, 2026
- KubeCon India: Thursday, June 18th - Friday, June 19th, 2026
- KubeCon Japan: Tuesday, July 28th - Thursday, July 30th, 2026
We also have a great group of subteam leads supporting the release:
- Subhasmita Swain as Enhancements Lead
- Swathi Rao as Communications Lead
- Muhammad Adil Ghaffar as Release Signal Lead
- Tushar Mittal as Docs Lead
- Agustina Barbetta as Branch Manager
The v1.37 Release Team details are available here[3].
Thank you to everyone who reviewed the schedule and shared feedback. You will see more detailed release communications from the team as the cycle progresses.
If you have comments, concerns, or questions, please reach out in #sig-release[4].
Thank you,
Dipesh Rawat
On behalf of the Kubernetes v1.37 Release Team
[0]: Kubernetes v1.36: Haru
[1]: kubernetes-release-cadence
[2]: sig-release/releases/release-1.37
[3]: sig-release/releases/release-1.37/release-team.md
[4]: #sig-release
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