diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index ce03b7a9f3d..fafdf9bc53d 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -286,12 +286,17 @@ dependencies:
     - path: images/build/cross/variants.yaml
       match: REVISION:\ '\d+'
 
-  # TODO: uncomment when we have the cross available and then need to build this one as well
-  # - name: "registry.k8s.io/build-image/kube-cross: dependents k8s-cloud-builder (v1.28-cross1.20)"
-  #   version: v1.28.0-go1.20.7-bullseye.0
-  #   refPaths:
-  #   - path: images/k8s-cloud-builder/variants.yaml
-  #     match: "KUBE_CROSS_VERSION: 'v((([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)(?:-([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)(?:\\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)'"
+  - name: "registry.k8s.io/build-image/kube-cross: dependents k8s-cloud-builder (v1.29-cross1.21)"
+    version: v1.29.0-go1.21.0-bullseye.0
+    refPaths:
+    - path: images/k8s-cloud-builder/variants.yaml
+      match: "KUBE_CROSS_VERSION: 'v((([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)(?:-([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)(?:\\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)'"
+
+  - name: "registry.k8s.io/build-image/kube-cross: dependents k8s-cloud-builder (v1.28-cross1.20)"
+    version: v1.28.0-go1.20.7-bullseye.0
+    refPaths:
+    - path: images/k8s-cloud-builder/variants.yaml
+      match: "KUBE_CROSS_VERSION: 'v((([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)(?:-([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)(?:\\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)'"
 
   - name: "registry.k8s.io/build-image/kube-cross: dependents k8s-cloud-builder (v1.27-cross1.20)"
     version: v1.27.0-go1.20.7-bullseye.0
@@ -354,6 +359,12 @@ dependencies:
     - path: images/releng/ci/variants.yaml
       match: \d+.\d+(alpha|beta|rc)?\.?(\d+)?
 
+  - name: "golang: after kubernetes/kubernetes update (previous release branches: master)"
+    version: 1.21.0
+    refPaths:
+    - path: images/releng/k8s-ci-builder/variants.yaml
+      match: \d+.\d+(alpha|beta|rc)?\.?(\d+)?
+
   - name: "golang: after kubernetes/kubernetes update (previous release branches: 1.28)"
     version: 1.20.7
     refPaths:
diff --git a/images/k8s-cloud-builder/variants.yaml b/images/k8s-cloud-builder/variants.yaml
index ee3f3286d38..337c2909278 100644
--- a/images/k8s-cloud-builder/variants.yaml
+++ b/images/k8s-cloud-builder/variants.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 variants:
+  v1.29-cross1.21-bullseye:
+    CONFIG: 'cross1.20'
+    KUBE_CROSS_VERSION: 'v1.29.0-go1.21.0-bullseye.0'
+  v1.28-cross1.20-bullseye:
+    CONFIG: 'cross1.20'
+    KUBE_CROSS_VERSION: 'v1.28.0-go1.20.7-bullseye.0'
   v1.27-cross1.20-bullseye:
     CONFIG: 'cross1.20'
     KUBE_CROSS_VERSION: 'v1.27.0-go1.20.7-bullseye.0'
@@ -8,6 +14,3 @@ variants:
   v1.25-cross1.19-bullseye:
     CONFIG: 'cross1.20'
     KUBE_CROSS_VERSION: 'v1.25.0-go1.20.7-bullseye.0'
-  v1.24-cross1.19-bullseye:
-    CONFIG: 'cross1.20'
-    KUBE_CROSS_VERSION: 'v1.24.0-go1.20.7-bullseye.0'