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+## Changes since v0.12.5
+## :chart_with_upwards_trend: Overview
+- 16 new commits merged
+- 2 bugs fixed 🐛
+
+## :bug: Bug Fixes
+- Allow changing DNSNameservers in subnet config for OpenstackCluster (#2721)
+- Remove invalid kustomizeconfig from config/webhook (#2852)
+
+## :seedling: Others
+- Add bnallapeta to reviewers (#2849)
+- Add Moshiur as reviewer (#2771)
+- Bump go to 1.24.9 (#2786)
+- Migrate CI to stable/2025.2 (#2813)
+- Refactor generate-codegen (#2762)
+- Remove mdbooth as a maintainer (#2760)
+
+## Dependencies
+
+### Added
+- github.com/gkampitakis/ciinfo: [v0.3.2](https://github.com/gkampitakis/ciinfo/tree/v0.3.2)
+- github.com/gkampitakis/go-diff: [v1.3.2](https://github.com/gkampitakis/go-diff/tree/v1.3.2)
+- github.com/gkampitakis/go-snaps: [v0.5.15](https://github.com/gkampitakis/go-snaps/tree/v0.5.15)
+- github.com/goccy/go-yaml: [v1.18.0](https://github.com/goccy/go-yaml/tree/v1.18.0)
+- github.com/joshdk/go-junit: [v1.0.0](https://github.com/joshdk/go-junit/tree/v1.0.0)
+- github.com/maruel/natural: [v1.1.1](https://github.com/maruel/natural/tree/v1.1.1)
+- github.com/mfridman/tparse: [v0.18.0](https://github.com/mfridman/tparse/tree/v0.18.0)
+- github.com/tidwall/gjson: [v1.18.0](https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/tree/v1.18.0)
+- github.com/tidwall/match: [v1.1.1](https://github.com/tidwall/match/tree/v1.1.1)
+- github.com/tidwall/pretty: [v1.2.1](https://github.com/tidwall/pretty/tree/v1.2.1)
+- github.com/tidwall/sjson: [v1.2.5](https://github.com/tidwall/sjson/tree/v1.2.5)
+
+### Changed
+- github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/v2: [v2.8.0 → v2.9.0](https://github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/compare/v2.8.0...v2.9.0)
+- github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2: [v2.25.2 → v2.27.2](https://github.com/onsi/ginkgo/compare/v2.25.2...v2.27.2)
+- github.com/prometheus/client_golang: [v1.23.0 → v1.23.2](https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/compare/v1.23.0...v1.23.2)
+- github.com/prometheus/common: [v0.65.0 → v0.66.1](https://github.com/prometheus/common/compare/v0.65.0...v0.66.1)
+- github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal: [v1.12.0 → v1.13.1](https://github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal/compare/v1.12.0...v1.13.1)
+- github.com/spf13/pflag: [v1.0.9 → v1.0.10](https://github.com/spf13/pflag/compare/v1.0.9...v1.0.10)
+- github.com/stretchr/testify: [v1.10.0 → v1.11.1](https://github.com/stretchr/testify/compare/v1.10.0...v1.11.1)
+- google.golang.org/protobuf: v1.36.7 → v1.36.8
+- k8s.io/api: v0.31.12 → v0.31.14
+- k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver: v0.31.12 → v0.31.14
+- k8s.io/apimachinery: v0.31.12 → v0.31.14
+- k8s.io/apiserver: v0.31.12 → v0.31.14
+- k8s.io/client-go: v0.31.12 → v0.31.14
+- k8s.io/code-generator: v0.31.12 → v0.31.14
+- k8s.io/component-base: v0.31.12 → v0.31.14
+- k8s.io/kms: v0.31.12 → v0.31.14
+
+### Removed
+- github.com/prashantv/gostub: [v1.1.0](https://github.com/prashantv/gostub/tree/v1.1.0)
+
+_Thanks to all our contributors!_ 😊