# Release v0.219.0

## 💥 Breaking Changes

- Make AL2023 be the default for all k8s version to handle AL2 deprecation (#8593)

## 🚀 Features

- support Al2023 on outposts (#8599)

## 🎯 Improvements

- Make AL2023 be the default for all k8s version to handle AL2 deprecation (#8593)

## Acknowledgments

The eksctl maintainers would like to sincerely thank @NicholasBlaskey.

