diff --git a/azure/README.md b/azure/README.md
index 3e85392..079c182 100644
--- a/azure/README.md
+++ b/azure/README.md
@@ -37,3 +37,7 @@ az ad sp create-for-rbac --name "kubernetes-csi" --role kubernetes-csi --scopes=
 * [metrics-server](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/metrics-server) 0.5.0
 * [rancher.io/local-path](https://github.com/rancher/local-path-provisioner) 0.0.19
 * [ingress-nginx](https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx/) 4.1.2
+
+
+TODO:
+* ipv6 route
diff --git a/azure/auth.tf b/azure/auth.tf
index 22bb77e..b404477 100644
--- a/azure/auth.tf
+++ b/azure/auth.tf
@@ -3,3 +3,19 @@ provider "azurerm" {
   features {}
   subscription_id = local.subscription_id
 }
+
+# data "azurerm_virtual_machine_size" "size" {
+#   name     = "Standard_D2pls_v5"
+#   location = "westeurope"
+# }
+
+# resource "azurerm_linux_virtual_machine_scale_set" "worker" {
+
+#   source_image_reference {
+#     location  = "westeurope"
+#     publisher = "Canonical"
+#     offer     = "0001-com-ubuntu-server-jammy"
+#     sku       = "22_04-lts-${data.azurerm_virtual_machine_size.size.architecture == "Arm64" ? "arm64" : "gen2"}"
+#     version   = "latest"
+#   }
+# }
diff --git a/azure/images/images.tf b/azure/images/images.tf
index 9ffcdbe..eedef4d 100644
--- a/azure/images/images.tf
+++ b/azure/images/images.tf
@@ -62,3 +62,10 @@
 
 #   tags = merge(var.tags, { os = "talos" })
 # }
+
+# data "azurerm_platform_image" "example" {
+#   location  = "westeurope"
+#   publisher = "Canonical"
+#   offer     = "0001-com-ubuntu-server-focal"
+#   sku       = "20_04-lts-arm64"
+# }
diff --git a/hetzner/Makefile b/hetzner/Makefile
index a04f132..6e8fcae 100644
--- a/hetzner/Makefile
+++ b/hetzner/Makefile
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ create-kubeconfig: ## Prepare kubeconfig
 	kubectl --kubeconfig=kubeconfig config set-context --current --namespace=kube-system
 
 create-deployments:
-	helm template --namespace=kube-system   --version=1.11.6 -f deployments/cilium.yaml cilium \
+	helm template --namespace=kube-system   --version=1.12.3 -f deployments/cilium.yaml cilium \
 		cilium/cilium > deployments/cilium-result.yaml
-	helm template --namespace=ingress-nginx --version=4.1.4 -f deployments/ingress.yaml ingress-nginx \
+	helm template --namespace=ingress-nginx --version=4.4.0 -f deployments/ingress.yaml ingress-nginx \
 		ingress-nginx/ingress-nginx > deployments/ingress-result.yaml
diff --git a/hetzner/deployments/cilium-result.yaml b/hetzner/deployments/cilium-result.yaml
index 09c1a99..c8b6c37 100644
--- a/hetzner/deployments/cilium-result.yaml
+++ b/hetzner/deployments/cilium-result.yaml
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ data:
   # "cilium-metrics-config" ConfigMap
   # NOTE that this will open the port on ALL nodes where Cilium pods are
   # scheduled.
-  prometheus-serve-addr: ":9090"
-  # Port to expose Envoy metrics (e.g. "9095"). Envoy metrics listener will be disabled if this
+  prometheus-serve-addr: ":9962"
+  # Port to expose Envoy metrics (e.g. "9964"). Envoy metrics listener will be disabled if this
   # field is not set.
-  proxy-prometheus-port: "9095"
+  proxy-prometheus-port: "9964"
 
   # Enable IPv4 addressing. If enabled, all endpoints are allocated an IPv4
   # address.
@@ -119,14 +119,14 @@ data:
   cluster-name: default
   # Unique ID of the cluster. Must be unique across all conneted clusters and
   # in the range of 1 and 255. Only relevant when building a mesh of clusters.
-  cluster-id: ""
+  cluster-id: "0"
 
   # Encapsulation mode for communication between nodes
   # Possible values:
   #   - disabled
   #   - vxlan (default)
   #   - geneve
-  tunnel: vxlan
+  tunnel: "vxlan"
   # Enables L7 proxy for L7 policy enforcement and visibility
   enable-l7-proxy: "true"
 
@@ -139,20 +139,20 @@ data:
   install-no-conntrack-iptables-rules: "false"
 
   auto-direct-node-routes: "false"
-  enable-bandwidth-manager: "false"
   enable-local-redirect-policy: "true"
   enable-host-firewall: "true"
   # List of devices used to attach bpf_host.o (implements BPF NodePort,
   # host-firewall and BPF masquerading)
   devices: "eth+"
 
-  kube-proxy-replacement:  "strict"
+  kube-proxy-replacement: "strict"
   kube-proxy-replacement-healthz-bind-address: ""
-  enable-host-reachable-services: "true"
+  bpf-lb-sock: "false"
+  host-reachable-services-protos: 
   enable-health-check-nodeport: "true"
   node-port-bind-protection: "true"
   enable-auto-protect-node-port-range: "true"
-  enable-session-affinity: "true"
+  enable-svc-source-range-check: "true"
   enable-l2-neigh-discovery: "true"
   arping-refresh-period: "30s"
   k8s-require-ipv4-pod-cidr: "true"
@@ -161,16 +161,30 @@ data:
   enable-health-checking: "true"
   enable-well-known-identities: "false"
   enable-remote-node-identity: "true"
+  synchronize-k8s-nodes: "true"
   operator-api-serve-addr: "127.0.0.1:9234"
   ipam: "kubernetes"
   disable-cnp-status-updates: "true"
+  enable-vtep: "false"
+  vtep-endpoint: ""
+  vtep-cidr: ""
+  vtep-mask: ""
+  vtep-mac: ""
   enable-k8s-endpoint-slice: "true"
+  enable-bgp-control-plane: "false"
+  bpf-root: "/sys/fs/bpf"
   cgroup-root: "/sys/fs/cgroup"
   enable-k8s-terminating-endpoint: "true"
-  annotate-k8s-node: "true"
   remove-cilium-node-taints: "true"
   set-cilium-is-up-condition: "true"
   unmanaged-pod-watcher-interval: "15"
+  tofqdns-dns-reject-response-code: "refused"
+  tofqdns-enable-dns-compression: "true"
+  tofqdns-endpoint-max-ip-per-hostname: "50"
+  tofqdns-idle-connection-grace-period: "0s"
+  tofqdns-max-deferred-connection-deletes: "10000"
+  tofqdns-min-ttl: "3600"
+  tofqdns-proxy-response-max-delay: "100ms"
   agent-not-ready-taint-key: "node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready"
 ---
 # Source: cilium/templates/cilium-agent/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -207,24 +221,13 @@ rules:
   - get
   - list
   - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - ""
-  resources:
-  - nodes/status
-  verbs:
-  # To annotate the k8s node with Cilium's metadata
-  - patch
 - apiGroups:
   - apiextensions.k8s.io
   resources:
   - customresourcedefinitions
   verbs:
-  # Deprecated for removal in v1.10
-  - create
   - list
   - watch
-  - update
-
   # This is used when validating policies in preflight. This will need to stay
   # until we figure out how to avoid "get" inside the preflight, and then
   # should be removed ideally.
@@ -232,21 +235,61 @@ rules:
 - apiGroups:
   - cilium.io
   resources:
-  - ciliumnetworkpolicies
-  - ciliumnetworkpolicies/status
+  - ciliumbgploadbalancerippools
+  - ciliumbgppeeringpolicies
+  - ciliumclusterwideenvoyconfigs
   - ciliumclusterwidenetworkpolicies
-  - ciliumclusterwidenetworkpolicies/status
+  - ciliumegressgatewaypolicies
+  - ciliumegressnatpolicies
   - ciliumendpoints
-  - ciliumendpoints/status
-  - ciliumnodes
-  - ciliumnodes/status
+  - ciliumendpointslices
+  - ciliumenvoyconfigs
   - ciliumidentities
   - ciliumlocalredirectpolicies
-  - ciliumlocalredirectpolicies/status
-  - ciliumegressnatpolicies
-  - ciliumendpointslices
+  - ciliumnetworkpolicies
+  - ciliumnodes
   verbs:
-  - '*'
+  - list
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - cilium.io
+  resources:
+  - ciliumidentities
+  - ciliumendpoints
+  - ciliumnodes
+  verbs:
+  - create
+- apiGroups:
+  - cilium.io
+  # To synchronize garbage collection of such resources
+  resources:
+  - ciliumidentities
+  verbs:
+  - update
+- apiGroups:
+  - cilium.io
+  resources:
+  - ciliumendpoints
+  verbs:
+  - delete
+  - get
+- apiGroups:
+  - cilium.io
+  resources:
+  - ciliumnodes
+  - ciliumnodes/status
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - update
+- apiGroups:
+  - cilium.io
+  resources:
+  - ciliumnetworkpolicies/status
+  - ciliumclusterwidenetworkpolicies/status
+  - ciliumendpoints/status
+  - ciliumendpoints
+  verbs:
+  - patch
 ---
 # Source: cilium/templates/cilium-operator/clusterrole.yaml
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
@@ -289,14 +332,6 @@ rules:
   - get
   - list
   - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - ""
-  resources:
-  - services
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - list
-  - watch
 - apiGroups:
   - ""
   resources:
@@ -304,14 +339,21 @@ rules:
   - services/status
   verbs:
   - update
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  # to check apiserver connectivity
+  - namespaces
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
 - apiGroups:
   - ""
   resources:
   # to perform the translation of a CNP that contains `ToGroup` to its endpoints
   - services
   - endpoints
-  # to check apiserver connectivity
-  - namespaces
   verbs:
   - get
   - list
@@ -320,26 +362,73 @@ rules:
   - cilium.io
   resources:
   - ciliumnetworkpolicies
-  - ciliumnetworkpolicies/status
-  - ciliumnetworkpolicies/finalizers
   - ciliumclusterwidenetworkpolicies
-  - ciliumclusterwidenetworkpolicies/status
-  - ciliumclusterwidenetworkpolicies/finalizers
-  - ciliumendpoints
-  - ciliumendpoints/status
-  - ciliumendpoints/finalizers
-  - ciliumnodes
-  - ciliumnodes/status
-  - ciliumnodes/finalizers
-  - ciliumidentities
-  - ciliumendpointslices
-  - ciliumidentities/status
-  - ciliumidentities/finalizers
-  - ciliumlocalredirectpolicies
-  - ciliumlocalredirectpolicies/status
-  - ciliumlocalredirectpolicies/finalizers
   verbs:
-  - '*'
+  # Create auto-generated CNPs and CCNPs from Policies that have 'toGroups'
+  - create
+  - update
+  - deletecollection
+  # To update the status of the CNPs and CCNPs
+  - patch
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - cilium.io
+  resources:
+  - ciliumnetworkpolicies/status
+  - ciliumclusterwidenetworkpolicies/status
+  verbs:
+  # Update the auto-generated CNPs and CCNPs status.
+  - patch
+  - update
+- apiGroups:
+  - cilium.io
+  resources:
+  - ciliumendpoints
+  - ciliumidentities
+  verbs:
+  # To perform garbage collection of such resources
+  - delete
+  - list
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - cilium.io
+  resources:
+  - ciliumidentities
+  verbs:
+  # To synchronize garbage collection of such resources
+  - update
+- apiGroups:
+  - cilium.io
+  resources:
+  - ciliumnodes
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - update
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+    # To perform CiliumNode garbage collector
+  - delete
+- apiGroups:
+  - cilium.io
+  resources:
+  - ciliumnodes/status
+  verbs:
+  - update
+- apiGroups:
+  - cilium.io
+  resources:
+  - ciliumendpointslices
+  - ciliumenvoyconfigs
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - update
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+  - delete
 - apiGroups:
   - apiextensions.k8s.io
   resources:
@@ -348,8 +437,28 @@ rules:
   - create
   - get
   - list
-  - update
   - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - apiextensions.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - customresourcedefinitions
+  verbs:
+  - update
+  resourceNames:
+  - ciliumbgploadbalancerippools.cilium.io
+  - ciliumbgppeeringpolicies.cilium.io
+  - ciliumclusterwideenvoyconfigs.cilium.io
+  - ciliumclusterwidenetworkpolicies.cilium.io
+  - ciliumegressgatewaypolicies.cilium.io
+  - ciliumegressnatpolicies.cilium.io
+  - ciliumendpoints.cilium.io
+  - ciliumendpointslices.cilium.io
+  - ciliumenvoyconfigs.cilium.io
+  - ciliumexternalworkloads.cilium.io
+  - ciliumidentities.cilium.io
+  - ciliumlocalredirectpolicies.cilium.io
+  - ciliumnetworkpolicies.cilium.io
+  - ciliumnodes.cilium.io
 # For cilium-operator running in HA mode.
 #
 # Cilium operator running in HA mode requires the use of ResourceLock for Leader Election
@@ -401,7 +510,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: kube-system
   annotations:
     prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
-    prometheus.io/port: "9095"
+    prometheus.io/port: "9964"
   labels:
     k8s-app: cilium
 spec:
@@ -411,7 +520,7 @@ spec:
     k8s-app: cilium
   ports:
   - name: envoy-metrics
-    port: 9095
+    port: 9964
     protocol: TCP
     targetPort: envoy-metrics
 ---
@@ -434,37 +543,14 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        prometheus.io/port: "9090"
+        prometheus.io/port: "9962"
         prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
       labels:
         k8s-app: cilium
     spec:
-      affinity:
-        nodeAffinity:
-          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
-            nodeSelectorTerms:
-            - matchExpressions:
-              - key: kubernetes.io/os
-                operator: In
-                values:
-                - linux
-            - matchExpressions:
-              - key: beta.kubernetes.io/os
-                operator: In
-                values:
-                - linux
-        podAntiAffinity:
-          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
-          - labelSelector:
-              matchExpressions:
-              - key: k8s-app
-                operator: In
-                values:
-                - cilium
-            topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
       containers:
       - name: cilium-agent
-        image: "quay.io/cilium/cilium:v1.11.6@sha256:f7f93c26739b6641a3fa3d76b1e1605b15989f25d06625260099e01c8243f54c"
+        image: "quay.io/cilium/cilium:v1.12.3@sha256:30de50c4dc0a1e1077e9e7917a54d5cab253058b3f779822aec00f5c817ca826"
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         command:
         - cilium-agent
@@ -544,6 +630,7 @@ spec:
               - "/cni-install.sh"
               - "--enable-debug=false"
               - "--cni-exclusive=true"
+              - "--log-file=/var/run/cilium/cilium-cni.log"
           preStop:
             exec:
               command:
@@ -556,16 +643,21 @@ spec:
             cpu: 100m
             memory: 128Mi
         ports:
+        - name: peer-service
+          containerPort: 4244
+          hostPort: 4244
+          protocol: TCP
         - name: prometheus
-          containerPort: 9090
-          hostPort: 9090
+          containerPort: 9962
+          hostPort: 9962
           protocol: TCP
         - name: envoy-metrics
-          containerPort: 9095
-          hostPort: 9095
+          containerPort: 9964
+          hostPort: 9964
           protocol: TCP
         securityContext:
           privileged: true
+        terminationMessagePolicy: FallbackToLogsOnError
         volumeMounts:
         - name: bpf-maps
           mountPath: /sys/fs/bpf
@@ -591,10 +683,9 @@ spec:
           readOnly: true
         - name: xtables-lock
           mountPath: /run/xtables.lock
-      hostNetwork: true
       initContainers:
       - name: clean-cilium-state
-        image: "quay.io/cilium/cilium:v1.11.6@sha256:f7f93c26739b6641a3fa3d76b1e1605b15989f25d06625260099e01c8243f54c"
+        image: "quay.io/cilium/cilium:v1.12.3@sha256:30de50c4dc0a1e1077e9e7917a54d5cab253058b3f779822aec00f5c817ca826"
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         command:
         - /init-container.sh
@@ -615,6 +706,7 @@ spec:
           value: "api.cluster.local"
         - name: KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PORT
           value: "6443"
+        terminationMessagePolicy: FallbackToLogsOnError
         securityContext:
           privileged: true
         volumeMounts:
@@ -629,12 +721,22 @@ spec:
         resources:
           requests:
             cpu: 100m
-            memory: 100Mi
+            memory: 100Mi # wait-for-kube-proxy
       restartPolicy: Always
       priorityClassName: system-node-critical
       serviceAccount: "cilium"
       serviceAccountName: "cilium"
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 1
+      hostNetwork: true
+      affinity:
+        podAntiAffinity:
+          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+          - labelSelector:
+              matchLabels:
+                k8s-app: cilium
+            topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
+      nodeSelector:
+        kubernetes.io/os: linux
       tolerations:
         - operator: Exists
       volumes:
@@ -713,21 +815,9 @@ spec:
         io.cilium/app: operator
         name: cilium-operator
     spec:
-      # In HA mode, cilium-operator pods must not be scheduled on the same
-      # node as they will clash with each other.
-      affinity:
-        podAntiAffinity:
-          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
-          - labelSelector:
-              matchExpressions:
-              - key: io.cilium/app
-                operator: In
-                values:
-                - operator
-            topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
       containers:
       - name: cilium-operator
-        image: quay.io/cilium/operator-generic:v1.11.6@sha256:9f6063c7bcaede801a39315ec7c166309f6a6783e98665f6693939cf1701bc17
+        image: "quay.io/cilium/operator-generic:v1.12.3@sha256:816ec1da586139b595eeb31932c61a7c13b07fb4a0255341c0e0f18608e84eff"
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         command:
         - cilium-operator-generic
@@ -768,13 +858,27 @@ spec:
         - name: cilium-config-path
           mountPath: /tmp/cilium/config-map
           readOnly: true
+        terminationMessagePolicy: FallbackToLogsOnError
       hostNetwork: true
       restartPolicy: Always
       priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical
       serviceAccount: "cilium-operator"
       serviceAccountName: "cilium-operator"
+      # In HA mode, cilium-operator pods must not be scheduled on the same
+      # node as they will clash with each other.
+      affinity:
+        podAntiAffinity:
+          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+          - labelSelector:
+              matchLabels:
+                io.cilium/app: operator
+            topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
+      nodeSelector:
+        kubernetes.io/os: linux
+        node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane: ""
       tolerations:
-        - operator: Exists
+        - effect: NoSchedule
+          operator: Exists
       volumes:
         # To read the configuration from the config map
       - name: cilium-config-path
diff --git a/hetzner/deployments/cilium.yaml b/hetzner/deployments/cilium.yaml
index 3d63742..bb81489 100644
--- a/hetzner/deployments/cilium.yaml
+++ b/hetzner/deployments/cilium.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ operator:
   replicas: 1
   prometheus:
     enabled: false
+  nodeSelector:
+    node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane: ""
+  tolerations:
+    - operator: Exists
+      effect: NoSchedule
 
 identityAllocationMode: crd
 kubeProxyReplacement: strict
@@ -45,6 +50,11 @@ externalIPs:
   enabled: true
 hostFirewall:
   enabled: true
+ingressController:
+  enabled: false
+
+securityContext:
+  privileged: true
 
 hubble:
   enabled: false
diff --git a/hetzner/deployments/coredns-local.yaml b/hetzner/deployments/coredns-local.yaml
index 82f3b82..e702d9b 100644
--- a/hetzner/deployments/coredns-local.yaml
+++ b/hetzner/deployments/coredns-local.yaml
@@ -105,9 +105,6 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: coredns
       enableServiceLinks: false
       tolerations:
-      - effect: NoSchedule
-        key: node-role.kubernetes.io/master
-        operator: Exists
       - effect: NoSchedule
         key: node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane
         operator: Exists
@@ -117,7 +114,7 @@ spec:
       hostNetwork: true
       containers:
       - name: coredns
-        image: coredns/coredns:1.9.2
+        image: coredns/coredns:1.9.4
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         resources:
           limits:
diff --git a/hetzner/deployments/hcloud-autoscaler.yaml b/hetzner/deployments/hcloud-autoscaler.yaml
index a983080..24422a0 100644
--- a/hetzner/deployments/hcloud-autoscaler.yaml
+++ b/hetzner/deployments/hcloud-autoscaler.yaml
@@ -138,18 +138,11 @@ spec:
         prometheus.io/port: '8085'
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: cluster-autoscaler
+      nodeSelector:
+        node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane: ""
       tolerations:
-        - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/master
-          effect: NoSchedule
         - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane
           effect: NoSchedule
-      affinity:
-        nodeAffinity:
-          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
-            nodeSelectorTerms:
-              - matchExpressions:
-                  - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane
-                    operator: Exists
       containers:
         - name: cluster-autoscaler
           # image: k8s.gcr.io/autoscaling/cluster-autoscaler:v1.23.1
diff --git a/hetzner/deployments/ingress-result.yaml b/hetzner/deployments/ingress-result.yaml
index cd5fdf7..ac01ee4 100644
--- a/hetzner/deployments/ingress-result.yaml
+++ b/hetzner/deployments/ingress-result.yaml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
 metadata:
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.1.4
+    helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.4.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.2.1"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.5.1"
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: ingress-nginx
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.1.4
+    helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.4.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.2.1"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.5.1"
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: ingress-nginx
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.1.4
+    helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.4.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.2.1"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.5.1"
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: ingress-nginx
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
   name: ingress-nginx
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ rules:
     verbs:
       - list
       - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - coordination.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - leases
+    verbs:
+      - list
+      - watch
   - apiGroups:
       - ""
     resources:
@@ -129,16 +136,24 @@ rules:
       - get
       - list
       - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - discovery.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - endpointslices
+    verbs:
+      - list
+      - watch
+      - get
 ---
 # Source: ingress-nginx/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.1.4
+    helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.4.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.2.1"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.5.1"
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: ingress-nginx
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
   name: ingress-nginx
@@ -156,10 +171,10 @@ apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: Role
 metadata:
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.1.4
+    helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.4.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.2.1"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.5.1"
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: ingress-nginx
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
@@ -213,12 +228,17 @@ rules:
       - get
       - list
       - watch
+  # TODO(Jintao Zhang)
+  # Once we release a new version of the controller,
+  # we will be able to remove the configmap related permissions
+  # We have used the Lease API for selection
+  # ref: https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/pull/8921
   - apiGroups:
       - ""
     resources:
       - configmaps
     resourceNames:
-      - ingress-controller-leader
+      - ingress-nginx-leader
     verbs:
       - get
       - update
@@ -228,6 +248,21 @@ rules:
       - configmaps
     verbs:
       - create
+  - apiGroups:
+      - coordination.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - leases
+    resourceNames:
+      - ingress-nginx-leader
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - update
+  - apiGroups:
+      - coordination.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - leases
+    verbs:
+      - create
   - apiGroups:
       - ""
     resources:
@@ -235,16 +270,24 @@ rules:
     verbs:
       - create
       - patch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - discovery.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - endpointslices
+    verbs:
+      - list
+      - watch
+      - get
 ---
 # Source: ingress-nginx/templates/controller-rolebinding.yaml
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: RoleBinding
 metadata:
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.1.4
+    helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.4.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.2.1"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.5.1"
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: ingress-nginx
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
@@ -265,10 +308,10 @@ kind: Service
 metadata:
   annotations:
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.1.4
+    helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.4.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.2.1"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.5.1"
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: ingress-nginx
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
@@ -302,10 +345,10 @@ apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: DaemonSet
 metadata:
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.1.4
+    helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.4.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.2.1"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.5.1"
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: ingress-nginx
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
@@ -336,7 +379,7 @@ spec:
       dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
       containers:
         - name: controller
-          image: "registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/controller:v1.2.1@sha256:5516d103a9c2ecc4f026efbd4b40662ce22dc1f824fb129ed121460aaa5c47f8"
+          image: "registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/controller:v1.5.1@sha256:4ba73c697770664c1e00e9f968de14e08f606ff961c76e5d7033a4a9c593c629"
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           lifecycle: 
             preStop:
@@ -345,7 +388,7 @@ spec:
                 - /wait-shutdown
           args:
             - /nginx-ingress-controller
-            - --election-id=ingress-controller-leader
+            - --election-id=ingress-nginx-leader
             - --controller-class=k8s.io/ingress-nginx
             - --ingress-class=nginx
             - --configmap=$(POD_NAMESPACE)/ingress-nginx-controller
@@ -428,10 +471,10 @@ apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
 kind: IngressClass
 metadata:
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.1.4
+    helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.4.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.2.1"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.5.1"
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: ingress-nginx
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
diff --git a/hetzner/deployments/local-path-storage.yaml b/hetzner/deployments/local-path-storage.yaml
index 92df70d..9f51a09 100644
--- a/hetzner/deployments/local-path-storage.yaml
+++ b/hetzner/deployments/local-path-storage.yaml
@@ -59,15 +59,15 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: local-path-provisioner
     spec:
+      nodeSelector:
+        node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane: ""
       tolerations:
-        - key: "node-role.kubernetes.io/master"
-          effect: NoSchedule
         - key: "node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane"
           effect: NoSchedule
       serviceAccountName: local-path-provisioner-service-account
       containers:
         - name: local-path-provisioner
-          image: rancher/local-path-provisioner:v0.0.19
+          image: rancher/local-path-provisioner:v0.0.23
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           command:
             - local-path-provisioner
@@ -117,40 +117,12 @@ data:
     }
   setup: |-
     #!/bin/sh
-    while getopts "m:s:p:" opt
-    do
-        case $opt in
-            p)
-            absolutePath=$OPTARG
-            ;;
-            s)
-            sizeInBytes=$OPTARG
-            ;;
-            m)
-            volMode=$OPTARG
-            ;;
-        esac
-    done
-
-    mkdir -m 0777 -p ${absolutePath}
+    set -eu
+    mkdir -m 0777 -p "$VOL_DIR"
   teardown: |-
     #!/bin/sh
-    while getopts "m:s:p:" opt
-    do
-        case $opt in
-            p)
-            absolutePath=$OPTARG
-            ;;
-            s)
-            sizeInBytes=$OPTARG
-            ;;
-            m)
-            volMode=$OPTARG
-            ;;
-        esac
-    done
-
-    rm -rf ${absolutePath}
+    set -eu
+    rm -rf "$VOL_DIR"
   helperPod.yaml: |-
     apiVersion: v1
     kind: Pod
diff --git a/hetzner/deployments/metrics-server.yaml b/hetzner/deployments/metrics-server.yaml
index 89d2774..a06028b 100644
--- a/hetzner/deployments/metrics-server.yaml
+++ b/hetzner/deployments/metrics-server.yaml
@@ -131,10 +131,6 @@ spec:
         kubernetes.io/os: linux
         node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane: ""
       tolerations:
-        - key: "CriticalAddonsOnly"
-          operator: "Exists"
-        - key: "node-role.kubernetes.io/master"
-          effect: NoSchedule
         - key: "node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane"
           effect: NoSchedule
       containers:
@@ -144,7 +140,7 @@ spec:
         - --kubelet-preferred-address-types=InternalIP,ExternalIP,Hostname
         - --kubelet-use-node-status-port
         - --metric-resolution=15s
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/metrics-server/metrics-server:v0.5.0
+        image: k8s.gcr.io/metrics-server/metrics-server:v0.6.1
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
diff --git a/hetzner/instances-master.tf b/hetzner/instances-master.tf
index 3040107..1b82e38 100644
--- a/hetzner/instances-master.tf
+++ b/hetzner/instances-master.tf
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ resource "hcloud_server" "controlplane" {
       hcloud_image   = data.hcloud_image.talos.id
       robot_user     = var.robot_user
       robot_password = var.robot_password
-      labels         = "topology.kubernetes.io/region=${element(var.regions, count.index)}"
     })
   )
 
diff --git a/hetzner/templates/controlplane.yaml.tpl b/hetzner/templates/controlplane.yaml.tpl
index 3215ab6..562b914 100644
--- a/hetzner/templates/controlplane.yaml.tpl
+++ b/hetzner/templates/controlplane.yaml.tpl
@@ -10,11 +10,17 @@ machine:
     - "${ipv4_local}"
     - "${ipv4_vip}"
     - "${apiDomain}"
+  features:
+    kubernetesTalosAPIAccess:
+      enabled: true
+      allowedRoles:
+        - os:reader
+      allowedKubernetesNamespaces:
+        - kube-system
   kubelet:
     extraArgs:
       node-ip: "${ipv4_local}"
       rotate-server-certificates: true
-      node-labels: "${labels}"
     clusterDNS:
       - 169.254.2.53
       - ${cidrhost(split(",",serviceSubnets)[0], 10)}
@@ -143,6 +149,7 @@ cluster:
   externalCloudProvider:
     enabled: true
     manifests:
+      - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/siderolabs/talos-cloud-controller-manager/main/docs/deploy/cloud-controller-manager.yml
       - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sergelogvinov/terraform-talos/main/hetzner/deployments/hcloud-cloud-controller-manager.yaml
       - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sergelogvinov/terraform-talos/main/hetzner/deployments/hcloud-csi.yaml
       - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sergelogvinov/terraform-talos/main/hetzner/deployments/kubelet-serving-cert-approver.yaml
diff --git a/system_os/hetzner/hetzner.pkr.hcl b/system_os/hetzner/hetzner.pkr.hcl
index f861532..fadbc5a 100644
--- a/system_os/hetzner/hetzner.pkr.hcl
+++ b/system_os/hetzner/hetzner.pkr.hcl
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ build {
   sources = ["source.hcloud.talos"]
 
   provisioner "file" {
-    source      = "../../../talos/_out/hcloud-amd64.raw.xz"
+    source      = "hcloud-amd64.raw.xz"
     destination = "/tmp/talos.raw.xz"
   }
   provisioner "shell" {
diff --git a/system_os/hetzner/variables.pkr.hcl b/system_os/hetzner/variables.pkr.hcl
index 1f494e1..c15ce0d 100644
--- a/system_os/hetzner/variables.pkr.hcl
+++ b/system_os/hetzner/variables.pkr.hcl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ variable "hcloud_token" {
 
 variable "talos_version" {
   type    = string
-  default = "v1.2.2"
+  default = "v1.2.6"
 }
 
 locals {