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+# Changes since v1.8.2
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+## :seedling: Others
+
+- Bump Golang to 1.23.4 (#842)
+- Bump sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api from 1.8.6 to 1.8.8 in the capi group across 1 directory (#826)
+- remove old release automation (#820)
+- backport container build image wf to release-1.8 branch (#815)
+- add adilGhaffarDev as reviewer (#811)
+- Bump the k8s.io/* deps to v0.30.8 (#794)
+- Bump sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime from 0.18.5 to 0.18.6 (#774)
+- Fix make release target (#766)
+
+## :recycle: Superseded or Reverted
+
+(#784)
+
+The container image for this release is: v1.8.3
+
+_Thanks to all our contributors!_ 😊