Amazon EKS and Amazon EKS Distro now supports Kubernetes version 1.34

Name: Amazon EKS and Amazon EKS Distro now supports Kubernetes version 1.34
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Published

October 6, 2025

Amazon EKS and EKS Distro now support Kubernetes version 1.34

Kubernetes version 1.34 is now available on Amazon EKS and Amazon EKS Distro. You can create new clusters using version 1.34 and upgrade existing clusters to version 1.34 using the EKS console, eksctl, or an infrastructure-as-code tool.

New features

Projected service account tokens: Improves security for container image pulls.
Pod-level resource requests and limits: Simplifies multi-container resource management.
Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA) prioritized alternatives: Enables workloads to define prioritized device requirements for improved resource scheduling.