```release-note:dependency
Bump `k8s.io/client-go` from `0.24.2` to `0.26.1`
```

```release-note:note
`provider`: `kubernetes.exec.api_version` no longer supports `client.authentication.k8s.io/v1alpha1`. Please, switch to `client.authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1` or `client.authentication.k8s.io/v1`.
```
