diff --git a/cache/kubelet-amd64 b/cache/kubelet-amd64
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc282ee4af5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cache/kubelet-amd64
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+50619fff95bdd7e690c049cc083f495ae0e7c66d0cdf6a8bcad298af5fe28438
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cache/kubelet-arm64 b/cache/kubelet-arm64
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4389f1dcc0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cache/kubelet-arm64
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fbd98311e96b9dcdd73d1688760d410cc70aefce26272ff2f20eef51a7c0d1da
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cache/kubelet-ppc64le b/cache/kubelet-ppc64le
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c04bb32cbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cache/kubelet-ppc64le
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5b9e8de02f797991670c3f16fa7e46edc7e862644bfa376573c2fca2eaf01519
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cache/kubelet.json b/cache/kubelet.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4973f79c551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cache/kubelet.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "tagName": "v1.31.1",
+  "url": "https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases/tag/v1.31.1",
+  "description": "\nSee [kubernetes-announce@](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/kubernetes-announce). Additional binary downloads are linked in the [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.31.md).\n\nSee [the CHANGELOG](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.31.md) for more details.\n\n\n\n",
+  "publishedAt": "2024-09-12T01:03:04Z",
+  "isLatest": true
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/checksums.yml b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/checksums.yml
index d1096cd36e6..109824e784c 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/checksums.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/checksums.yml
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ crio_archive_checksums:
 # Kubernetes versions above Kubespray's current target version are untested and should be used with caution.
 kubelet_checksums:
   arm:
+    v1.31.1: 0
     v1.30.4: 0
     v1.30.3: 0
     v1.30.2: 0
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ kubelet_checksums:
     v1.28.1: 0
     v1.28.0: 0
   arm64:
+    v1.31.1: 35567a2c120d667127207dfbb0100097ba0f1300aed0cdb594fb676741fb7efa
     v1.30.4: d3df7a4acff9aba5518930b9c417e8e0ca8cf5e105b7fee6504891fa8f3e962a
     v1.30.3: 41d1926cd7b9c7c250c45f11c8fa9d1946cae98aec2eefc61a2cb4933612bcce
     v1.30.2: 72ceb082311b42032827a936f80cd2437b8eee03053d05dbe36ba48585febfb8
@@ -127,6 +129,7 @@ kubelet_checksums:
     v1.28.1: 9b7fa64b2785da4a38768377961e227f8da629c56a5df43ca1b665dd07b56f3c
     v1.28.0: 05dd12e35783cab4960e885ec0e7d0e461989b94297e7bea9018ccbd15c4dce9
   amd64:
+    v1.31.1: d4c21ba89ac19af0a9a59c97dea86cbd14845af9013a40ca4814f9f8c4a28640
     v1.30.4: 0c02c0f997b3e9769eae7ca051856054411fca947b3d5409d991ce1964dd0e69
     v1.30.3: 9a37ddd5ea026639b7d85e98fa742e392df7aa5ec917bed0711a451613de3c1c
     v1.30.2: 6923abe67ef069afca61c71c585023840426e802b198298055af3a82e11a4e52
@@ -154,6 +157,7 @@ kubelet_checksums:
     v1.28.1: 2bc22332f44f8fcd3fce57879fd873f977949ebd261571fbae31fbb2713a5dd3
     v1.28.0: bfb6b977100963f2879a33e5fbaa59a5276ba829a957a6819c936e9c1465f981
   ppc64le:
+    v1.31.1: 4607f4f11b9953c40d423b5091b2de8a1ceaccafc66d48f6b905a7ac5ec64ca2
     v1.30.4: 50ea965747f3f8c69288aa9268e5c2cc1eb6c3f0b3efa7eba862258bd225d98d
     v1.30.3: c48df46a72ff9764fd1bc54e99b6154772031b1e66c36b0ac5764a5801eadfc0
     v1.30.2: 268dfbb7ee3abcb8ff9fd0a88f81204e40dd33d177f7878941c9ff6b7cca0474
diff --git a/version_diff.json b/version_diff.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b96f2044e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version_diff.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "kubelet": {
+    "current_version": "v1.30.4",
+    "latest_version": "v1.31.1",
+    "release": {
+      "tagName": "v1.31.1",
+      "url": "https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases/tag/v1.31.1",
+      "description": "\nSee [kubernetes-announce@](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/kubernetes-announce). Additional binary downloads are linked in the [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.31.md).\n\nSee [the CHANGELOG](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.31.md) for more details.\n\n\n\n",
+      "publishedAt": "2024-09-12T01:03:04Z",
+      "isLatest": true,
+      "component": "kubelet",
+      "owner": "kubernetes",
+      "repo": "kubernetes",
+      "release_type": "release"
+    }
+  }
+}
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