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Rancher Kubernetes Version Compatibility

Rancher Kubernetes version compatibility. Rancher 2.15 adds Kubernetes 1.36 support and removes Kubernetes 1.33 support, leaving supported minors 1.34 through 1.36.

4Project versions
4Documented constraints
2026-07-31Last verified

Quick answer

Kubernetes compatibility by Rancher version

Rancher version

2.15.0

Documented Kubernetes versions

>=1.34 <1.37

Rancher 2.15 adds Kubernetes 1.36 support and removes Kubernetes 1.33 support, leaving supported minors 1.34 through 1.36.

The full Rancher 2.15 SUSE support matrix is not yet published, so operating systems, architectures, cloud providers, and bundled applications are intentionally not modeled for this row.

high confidence · verified 2026-07-31 · downstream cluster runtime

Rancher version

2.14.3

Documented Kubernetes versions

>=1.33 <1.36

The matrix certifies importing other Kubernetes distributions from 1.33 through 1.35 into Rancher 2.14.3.

high confidence · verified 2026-07-10 · imported downstream cluster

Rancher version

2.13.7

Documented Kubernetes versions

>=1.32 <1.35

The matrix certifies importing other Kubernetes distributions from 1.32 through 1.34 into Rancher 2.13.7.

high confidence · verified 2026-07-10 · imported downstream cluster

Rancher version

2.12.11

Documented Kubernetes versions

>=1.31 <1.34

The matrix certifies importing other Kubernetes distributions from 1.31 through 1.33 into Rancher 2.12.11.

high confidence · verified 2026-07-10 · imported downstream cluster

Primary evidence

Sources

Every constraint above is backed by upstream documentation, tagged source, release notes, or another project-owned primary source.

  1. Rancher 2.15.0 Release NotesAccessed 2026-07-31
  2. Rancher Manager 2.14.3 Support MatrixAccessed 2026-07-10
  3. Rancher Manager 2.13.7 Support MatrixAccessed 2026-07-10
  4. Rancher Manager 2.12.11 Support MatrixAccessed 2026-07-10