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+# Release v0.161.0
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+## 🚀 Features
+
+- Make EKS 1.27 default (#7117)
+- Docs Landing page (#7092)
+
+## 🎯 Improvements
+
+- Refine log statements using `%w` for better formatting and UX (#7115)
+
+## 🧰 Maintenance
+
+- Update gomarkdown to fix out-of-bounds read while parsing citations (#7120)
+- Upgrade go-restful (#7121)
+- Move addons related tasks to actions package (#7077)