diff --git a/release-tools/KUBERNETES_CSI_OWNERS_ALIASES b/release-tools/KUBERNETES_CSI_OWNERS_ALIASES
index 344fbe4d..04a07bfb 100644
--- a/release-tools/KUBERNETES_CSI_OWNERS_ALIASES
+++ b/release-tools/KUBERNETES_CSI_OWNERS_ALIASES
@@ -22,17 +22,19 @@ aliases:
   - ggriffiths
   - gnufied
   - humblec
+  - mauriciopoppe
   - j-griffith
-  - Jiawei0227
   - jingxu97
   - jsafrane
   - pohly
   - RaunakShah
+  - sunnylovestiramisu
   - xing-yang
 
 # This documents who previously contributed to Kubernetes-CSI
 # as approver.
 emeritus_approvers:
+- Jiawei0227
 - lpabon
 - sbezverk
 - vladimirvivien
diff --git a/release-tools/SIDECAR_RELEASE_PROCESS.md b/release-tools/SIDECAR_RELEASE_PROCESS.md
index 8977fbe6..d1cc80b8 100644
--- a/release-tools/SIDECAR_RELEASE_PROCESS.md
+++ b/release-tools/SIDECAR_RELEASE_PROCESS.md
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ naming convention `<hostpath-deployment-version>-on-<kubernetes-version>`.
 1. Check that all [canary CI
   jobs](https://k8s-testgrid.appspot.com/sig-storage-csi-ci) are passing,
   and that test coverage is adequate for the changes that are going into the release.
+1. Check that the post-\<sidecar\>-push-images builds are succeeding.
+   [Example](https://k8s-testgrid.appspot.com/sig-storage-image-build#post-external-snapshotter-push-images)
 1. Make sure that no new PRs have merged in the meantime, and no PRs are in
    flight and soon to be merged.
 1. Create a new release following a previous release as a template. Be sure to select the correct
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ naming convention `<hostpath-deployment-version>-on-<kubernetes-version>`.
 1. Check [image build status](https://k8s-testgrid.appspot.com/sig-storage-image-build).
 1. Promote images from k8s-staging-sig-storage to k8s.gcr.io/sig-storage. From
    the [k8s image
-   repo](https://github.com/kubernetes/k8s.io/tree/HEAD/k8s.gcr.io/images/k8s-staging-sig-storage),
+   repo](https://github.com/kubernetes/k8s.io/tree/HEAD/registry.k8s.io/images/k8s-staging-sig-storage),
    run `./generate.sh > images.yaml`, and send a PR with the updated images.
    Once merged, the image promoter will copy the images from staging to prod.
 1. Update [kubernetes-csi/docs](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/docs) sidecar
diff --git a/release-tools/build.make b/release-tools/build.make
index ff428890..bceab34d 100644
--- a/release-tools/build.make
+++ b/release-tools/build.make
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ DOCKER_BUILDX_CREATE_ARGS ?=
 $(CMDS:%=push-multiarch-%): push-multiarch-%: check-pull-base-ref build-%
 	set -ex; \
 	export DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL=enabled; \
-	docker buildx create $(DOCKER_BUILDX_CREATE_ARGS) --use --name multiarchimage-buildertest; \
+	docker buildx create $(DOCKER_BUILDX_CREATE_ARGS) --use --name multiarchimage-buildertest --driver-opt image=moby/buildkit:v0.10.6; \
 	trap "docker buildx rm multiarchimage-buildertest" EXIT; \
 	dockerfile_linux=$$(if [ -e ./$(CMDS_DIR)/$*/Dockerfile ]; then echo ./$(CMDS_DIR)/$*/Dockerfile; else echo Dockerfile; fi); \
 	dockerfile_windows=$$(if [ -e ./$(CMDS_DIR)/$*/Dockerfile.Windows ]; then echo ./$(CMDS_DIR)/$*/Dockerfile.Windows; else echo Dockerfile.Windows; fi); \
diff --git a/release-tools/cloudbuild.yaml b/release-tools/cloudbuild.yaml
index 4bcffad3..6b76a9ed 100644
--- a/release-tools/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/release-tools/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ steps:
   # The image must contain bash and curl. Ideally it should also contain
   # the desired version of Go (currently defined in release-tools/prow.sh),
   # but that just speeds up the build and is not required.
-  - name: 'gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/gcb-docker-gcloud:v20210917-12df099d55'
+  - name: 'gcr.io/k8s-testimages/gcb-docker-gcloud:v20230424-910a2a439d'
     entrypoint: ./.cloudbuild.sh
     env:
     - GIT_TAG=${_GIT_TAG}
diff --git a/release-tools/filter-junit.go b/release-tools/filter-junit.go
index c1b7b619..aab1b8b6 100644
--- a/release-tools/filter-junit.go
+++ b/release-tools/filter-junit.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"flag"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
 )
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ func main() {
 			}
 		} else {
 			var err error
-			data, err = ioutil.ReadFile(input)
+			data, err = os.ReadFile(input)
 			if err != nil {
 				panic(err)
 			}
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ func main() {
 			panic(err)
 		}
 	} else {
-		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(*output, data, 0644); err != nil {
+		if err := os.WriteFile(*output, data, 0644); err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/release-tools/prow.sh b/release-tools/prow.sh
index 6154bd59..6d68fd9f 100755
--- a/release-tools/prow.sh
+++ b/release-tools/prow.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ configvar CSI_PROW_BUILD_PLATFORMS "linux amd64 amd64; linux ppc64le ppc64le -pp
 # which is disabled with GOFLAGS=-mod=vendor).
 configvar GOFLAGS_VENDOR "$( [ -d vendor ] && echo '-mod=vendor' )" "Go flags for using the vendor directory"
 
-configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD "1.19" "Go version for building the component" # depends on component's source code
+configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD "1.20" "Go version for building the component" # depends on component's source code
 configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_E2E "" "override Go version for building the Kubernetes E2E test suite" # normally doesn't need to be set, see install_e2e
 configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_SANITY "${CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD}" "Go version for building the csi-sanity test suite" # depends on CSI_PROW_SANITY settings below
 configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_KIND "${CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD}" "Go version for building 'kind'" # depends on CSI_PROW_KIND_VERSION below
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ kindest/node:v1.18.20@sha256:738cdc23ed4be6cc0b7ea277a2ebcc454c8373d7d8fb991a7fc
 # If the deployment script is called with CSI_PROW_TEST_DRIVER=<file name> as
 # environment variable, then it must write a suitable test driver configuration
 # into that file in addition to installing the driver.
-configvar CSI_PROW_DRIVER_VERSION "v1.8.0" "CSI driver version"
+configvar CSI_PROW_DRIVER_VERSION "v1.11.0" "CSI driver version"
 configvar CSI_PROW_DRIVER_REPO https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-driver-host-path "CSI driver repo"
 configvar CSI_PROW_DEPLOYMENT "" "deployment"
 configvar CSI_PROW_DEPLOYMENT_SUFFIX "" "additional suffix in kubernetes-x.yy[suffix].yaml files"
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ configvar CSI_PROW_SANITY_CONTAINER "hostpath" "Kubernetes container with CSI dr
 
 # The version of dep to use for 'make test-vendor'. Ignored if the project doesn't
 # use dep. Only binary releases of dep are supported (https://github.com/golang/dep/releases).
-configvar CSI_PROW_DEP_VERSION v0.5.1 "golang dep version to be used for vendor checking"
+configvar CSI_PROW_DEP_VERSION v0.5.4 "golang dep version to be used for vendor checking"
 
 # Each job can run one or more of the following tests, identified by
 # a single word:
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ install_dep () {
     if dep version 2>/dev/null | grep -q "version:.*${CSI_PROW_DEP_VERSION}$"; then
         return
     fi
-    run curl --fail --location -o "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/bin/dep" "https://github.com/golang/dep/releases/download/v0.5.4/dep-linux-amd64" &&
+    run curl --fail --location -o "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/bin/dep" "https://github.com/golang/dep/releases/download/${CSI_PROW_DEP_VERSION}/dep-linux-amd64" &&
         chmod u+x "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/bin/dep"
 }