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Amazon EKS and Amazon EKS Distro now supports Kubernetes version 1.36

Published
June 2, 2026
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-eks-distro-kubernetes-version-1-36

Amazon EKS and EKS Distro Now Support Kubernetes Version 1.36

Amazon EKS and Amazon EKS Distro now support Kubernetes version 1.36. You can create new clusters using version 1.36 and upgrade existing clusters via the EKS console, eksctl, or an infrastructure-as-code tool.

New Features

  • User Namespaces: Mapping container root to an unprivileged host user.
  • Mutating Admission Policies: CEL-based resource mutations in the API server without webhook infrastructure.
  • In-Place Pod-Level Resources Vertical Scaling: Resizing Pods' CPU and memory without restart.
  • Resource Health Status: Reporting device health in Pod status to identify hardware-caused crash loops.

What to do

  • Create new EKS clusters using version 1.36.
  • Upgrade existing clusters to version 1.36.
  • Check for issues with EKS cluster insights.

Source: AWS release notes




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