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+# Release notes for v2.16.0
+
+[Documentation](https:/kubernetes-csi.github.io)
+
+# Changelog since v2.15.0
+
+## Changes by Kind
+
+### Bug or Regression
+
+- Fixed overflowing of logs, gRPC connection logs are now on V(4) log level. ([#533](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/node-driver-registrar/pull/533), [@rhrmo](https://github.com/rhrmo))
+- Updated go version to fix CVE-2025-68121. ([#548](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/node-driver-registrar/pull/548), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane))
+
+### Uncategorized
+
+- Bump dependencies to kubernetes v1.35 ([#544](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/node-driver-registrar/pull/544), [@rhrmo](https://github.com/rhrmo))
+
+## Dependencies
+
+### Added
+- github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3: [v3.4.0](https://github.com/Masterminds/semver/tree/v3.4.0)
+- github.com/go-openapi/swag/cmdutils: [v0.25.4](https://github.com/go-openapi/swag/tree/cmdutils/v0.25.4)
+- github.com/go-openapi/swag/conv: [v0.25.4](https://github.com/go-openapi/swag/tree/conv/v0.25.4)
+- github.com/go-openapi/swag/fileutils: [v0.25.4](https://github.com/go-openapi/swag/tree/fileutils/v0.25.4)
+- github.com/go-openapi/swag/jsonname: [v0.25.4](https://github.com/go-openapi/swag/tree/jsonname/v0.25.4)
+- github.com/go-openapi/swag/jsonutils/fixtures_test: [v0.25.4](https://github.com/go-openapi/swag/tree/jsonutils/fixtures_test/v0.25.4)
+- github.com/go-openapi/swag/jsonutils: [v0.25.4](https://github.com/go-openapi/swag/tree/jsonutils/v0.25.4)
+- github.com/go-openapi/swag/loading: [v0.25.4](https://github.com/go-openapi/swag/tree/loading/v0.25.4)
+- github.com/go-openapi/swag/mangling: [v0.25.4](https://github.com/go-openapi/swag/tree/mangling/v0.25.4)
+- github.com/go-openapi/swag/netutils: [v0.25.4](https://github.com/go-openapi/swag/tree/netutils/v0.25.4)
+- github.com/go-openapi/swag/stringutils: [v0.25.4](https://github.com/go-openapi/swag/tree/stringutils/v0.25.4)
+- github.com/go-openapi/swag/typeutils: [v0.25.4](https://github.com/go-openapi/swag/tree/typeutils/v0.25.4)
+- github.com/go-openapi/swag/yamlutils: [v0.25.4](https://github.com/go-openapi/swag/tree/yamlutils/v0.25.4)
+- github.com/go-openapi/testify/enable/yaml/v2: [v2.0.2](https://github.com/go-openapi/testify/tree/enable/yaml/v2/v2.0.2)
+- github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2: [v2.0.2](https://github.com/go-openapi/testify/tree/v2.0.2)
+- github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5: [v5.3.0](https://github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/tree/v5.3.0)
+- golang.org/x/tools/go/expect: v0.1.0-deprecated
+- golang.org/x/tools/go/packages/packagestest: v0.1.1-deprecated
+- gonum.org/v1/gonum: v0.16.0
+
+### Changed
+- cel.dev/expr: v0.20.0 → v0.24.0
+- cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata: v0.6.0 → v0.9.0
+- github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/detectors/gcp: [v1.26.0 → v1.30.0](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/compare/detectors/gcp/v1.26.0...detectors/gcp/v1.30.0)
+- github.com/alecthomas/units: [b94a6e3 → 0f3dac3](https://github.com/alecthomas/units/compare/b94a6e3...0f3dac3)
+- github.com/cncf/xds/go: [2f00578 → 0feb691](https://github.com/cncf/xds/compare/2f00578...0feb691)
+- github.com/container-storage-interface/spec: [v1.11.0 → v1.12.0](https://github.com/container-storage-interface/spec/compare/v1.11.0...v1.12.0)
+- github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3: [v3.12.2 → v3.13.0](https://github.com/emicklei/go-restful/compare/v3.12.2...v3.13.0)
+- github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy: [v1.32.4 → v1.35.0](https://github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/compare/envoy/v1.32.4...envoy/v1.35.0)
+- github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane: [v0.13.4 → 75eaa19](https://github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/compare/v0.13.4...75eaa19)
+- github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4: [v4.0.4 → v4.1.3](https://github.com/go-jose/go-jose/compare/v4.0.4...v4.1.3)
+- github.com/go-logr/logr: [v1.4.2 → v1.4.3](https://github.com/go-logr/logr/compare/v1.4.2...v1.4.3)
+- github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer: [v0.21.1 → v0.22.4](https://github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer/compare/v0.21.1...v0.22.4)
+- github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference: [v0.21.0 → v0.21.4](https://github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference/compare/v0.21.0...v0.21.4)
+- github.com/go-openapi/swag: [v0.23.1 → v0.25.4](https://github.com/go-openapi/swag/compare/v0.23.1...v0.25.4)
+- github.com/golang/glog: [v1.2.4 → v1.2.5](https://github.com/golang/glog/compare/v1.2.4...v1.2.5)
+- github.com/google/gnostic-models: [v0.7.0 → v0.7.1](https://github.com/google/gnostic-models/compare/v0.7.0...v0.7.1)
+- github.com/google/pprof: [d1b30fe → 27863c8](https://github.com/google/pprof/compare/d1b30fe...27863c8)
+- github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils: [v0.22.0 → v0.23.2](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils/compare/v0.22.0...v0.23.2)
+- github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2: [v2.21.0 → v2.27.2](https://github.com/onsi/ginkgo/compare/v2.21.0...v2.27.2)
+- github.com/onsi/gomega: [v1.35.1 → v1.38.2](https://github.com/onsi/gomega/compare/v1.35.1...v1.38.2)
+- github.com/prometheus/client_golang: [v1.22.0 → v1.23.2](https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/compare/v1.22.0...v1.23.2)
+- github.com/prometheus/common: [v0.64.0 → v0.67.5](https://github.com/prometheus/common/compare/v0.64.0...v0.67.5)
+- github.com/prometheus/procfs: [v0.16.1 → v0.19.2](https://github.com/prometheus/procfs/compare/v0.16.1...v0.19.2)
+- github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal: [v1.13.1 → v1.14.1](https://github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal/compare/v1.13.1...v1.14.1)
+- github.com/spf13/cobra: [v1.9.1 → v1.10.2](https://github.com/spf13/cobra/compare/v1.9.1...v1.10.2)
+- github.com/spf13/pflag: [v1.0.6 → v1.0.10](https://github.com/spf13/pflag/compare/v1.0.6...v1.0.10)
+- github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2: [v2.5.0 → v2.6.0](https://github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/compare/v2.5.0...v2.6.0)
+- github.com/stretchr/testify: [v1.10.0 → v1.11.1](https://github.com/stretchr/testify/compare/v1.10.0...v1.11.1)
+- go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk: v1.1.0 → v1.2.1
+- go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/gcp: v1.34.0 → v1.38.0
+- go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc: v0.60.0 → v0.65.0
+- go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp: v0.58.0 → v0.61.0
+- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric: v1.36.0 → v1.40.0
+- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric: v1.34.0 → v1.40.0
+- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk: v1.34.0 → v1.40.0
+- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace: v1.36.0 → v1.40.0
+- go.opentelemetry.io/otel: v1.36.0 → v1.40.0
+- go.uber.org/zap: v1.27.0 → v1.27.1
+- go.yaml.in/yaml/v2: v2.4.2 → v2.4.3
+- golang.org/x/crypto: v0.38.0 → v0.47.0
+- golang.org/x/mod: v0.20.0 → v0.31.0
+- golang.org/x/net: v0.40.0 → v0.49.0
+- golang.org/x/oauth2: v0.30.0 → v0.34.0
+- golang.org/x/sync: v0.14.0 → v0.19.0
+- golang.org/x/sys: v0.33.0 → v0.41.0
+- golang.org/x/term: v0.32.0 → v0.39.0
+- golang.org/x/text: v0.25.0 → v0.33.0
+- golang.org/x/tools: v0.26.0 → v0.40.0
+- google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api: a0af3ef → ab9386a
+- google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc: a0af3ef → 8636f87
+- google.golang.org/grpc: v1.72.1 → v1.78.0
+- google.golang.org/protobuf: v1.36.6 → v1.36.11
+- gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4: v4.12.0 → v4.13.0
+- k8s.io/api: v0.34.0 → v0.35.0
+- k8s.io/apimachinery: v0.34.0 → v0.35.0
+- k8s.io/apiserver: v0.34.0 → v0.35.0
+- k8s.io/client-go: v0.34.0 → v0.35.0
+- k8s.io/component-base: v0.34.0 → v0.35.0
+- k8s.io/cri-api: v0.34.0 → v0.35.0
+- k8s.io/kube-openapi: f3f2b99 → 589584f
+- k8s.io/kubelet: v0.34.0 → v0.35.0
+- k8s.io/utils: 4c0f3b2 → bc988d5
+- sigs.k8s.io/json: cfa47c3 → 2d32026
+- sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6: v6.3.0 → v6.3.2
+
+### Removed
+- github.com/kisielk/errcheck: [v1.5.0](https://github.com/kisielk/errcheck/tree/v1.5.0)
+- github.com/kisielk/gotool: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/kisielk/gotool/tree/v1.0.0)
+- github.com/yuin/goldmark: [v1.2.1](https://github.com/yuin/goldmark/tree/v1.2.1)
+- github.com/zeebo/errs: [v1.4.0](https://github.com/zeebo/errs/tree/v1.4.0)
+- golang.org/x/xerrors: 5ec99f8
+- gopkg.in/yaml.v2: v2.4.0
+- sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4: v4.6.0