# Release v0.173.0

## 🚀 Features

- Make EKS 1.29 default (#7599)

## 🎯 Improvements

- Add profile flag support for get and delete access entry (#7623)
- Remove inline ELB and CloudWatch policies from Cluster Role (#7603)

## 🐛 Bug Fixes

- Increase STS session duration to fix caching credentials with assumed role MFA session (#7626)

## 🧰 Maintenance

- Automate PR with release notes draft (#7604)

## 📝 Documentation

- Update docs with Ubuntu 20.04 supported in EKS \<= 1.29 (#7618)

## Acknowledgments

The eksctl maintainers would like to sincerely thank @ibnjunaid, @rpocase and @vutny.

