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diff --git a/charts/rancher-gke-operator-crd/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/Chart.yaml b/charts/rancher-gke-operator-crd/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb0a588d2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/rancher-gke-operator-crd/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+annotations:
+  catalog.cattle.io/certified: rancher
+  catalog.cattle.io/hidden: "true"
+  catalog.cattle.io/namespace: cattle-system
+  catalog.cattle.io/os: linux
+  catalog.cattle.io/permits-os: linux,windows
+  catalog.cattle.io/release-name: rancher-gke-operator-crd
+apiVersion: v2
+appVersion: 1.11.0-rc.1
+description: GKE Operator CustomResourceDefinitions
+name: rancher-gke-operator-crd
+version: 106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1
diff --git a/charts/rancher-gke-operator-crd/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/templates/crds.yaml b/charts/rancher-gke-operator-crd/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/templates/crds.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53fed0719c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/rancher-gke-operator-crd/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/templates/crds.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    helm.sh/resource-policy: keep
+  name: gkeclusterconfigs.gke.cattle.io
+spec:
+  group: gke.cattle.io
+  names:
+    kind: GKEClusterConfig
+    plural: gkeclusterconfigs
+    shortNames:
+    - gkecc
+    singular: gkeclusterconfig
+  preserveUnknownFields: false
+  scope: Namespaced
+  versions:
+  - name: v1
+    schema:
+      openAPIV3Schema:
+        properties:
+          spec:
+            properties:
+              autopilotConfig:
+                nullable: true
+                properties:
+                  enabled:
+                    type: boolean
+                type: object
+              clusterAddons:
+                nullable: true
+                properties:
+                  horizontalPodAutoscaling:
+                    type: boolean
+                  httpLoadBalancing:
+                    type: boolean
+                  networkPolicyConfig:
+                    type: boolean
+                type: object
+              clusterIpv4Cidr:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              clusterName:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              customerManagedEncryptionKey:
+                nullable: true
+                properties:
+                  keyName:
+                    nullable: true
+                    type: string
+                  ringName:
+                    nullable: true
+                    type: string
+                type: object
+              description:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              enableKubernetesAlpha:
+                nullable: true
+                type: boolean
+              googleCredentialSecret:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              imported:
+                type: boolean
+              ipAllocationPolicy:
+                nullable: true
+                properties:
+                  clusterIpv4CidrBlock:
+                    nullable: true
+                    type: string
+                  clusterSecondaryRangeName:
+                    nullable: true
+                    type: string
+                  createSubnetwork:
+                    type: boolean
+                  nodeIpv4CidrBlock:
+                    nullable: true
+                    type: string
+                  servicesIpv4CidrBlock:
+                    nullable: true
+                    type: string
+                  servicesSecondaryRangeName:
+                    nullable: true
+                    type: string
+                  subnetworkName:
+                    nullable: true
+                    type: string
+                  useIpAliases:
+                    type: boolean
+                type: object
+              kubernetesVersion:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              labels:
+                additionalProperties:
+                  nullable: true
+                  type: string
+                nullable: true
+                type: object
+              locations:
+                items:
+                  nullable: true
+                  type: string
+                nullable: true
+                type: array
+              loggingService:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              maintenanceWindow:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              masterAuthorizedNetworks:
+                nullable: true
+                properties:
+                  cidrBlocks:
+                    items:
+                      properties:
+                        cidrBlock:
+                          nullable: true
+                          type: string
+                        displayName:
+                          nullable: true
+                          type: string
+                      type: object
+                    nullable: true
+                    type: array
+                  enabled:
+                    type: boolean
+                type: object
+              monitoringService:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              network:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              networkPolicyEnabled:
+                nullable: true
+                type: boolean
+              nodePools:
+                items:
+                  properties:
+                    autoscaling:
+                      nullable: true
+                      properties:
+                        enabled:
+                          type: boolean
+                        maxNodeCount:
+                          type: integer
+                        minNodeCount:
+                          type: integer
+                      type: object
+                    config:
+                      nullable: true
+                      properties:
+                        bootDiskKmsKey:
+                          nullable: true
+                          type: string
+                        diskSizeGb:
+                          type: integer
+                        diskType:
+                          nullable: true
+                          type: string
+                        imageType:
+                          nullable: true
+                          type: string
+                        labels:
+                          additionalProperties:
+                            nullable: true
+                            type: string
+                          nullable: true
+                          type: object
+                        localSsdCount:
+                          type: integer
+                        machineType:
+                          nullable: true
+                          type: string
+                        oauthScopes:
+                          items:
+                            nullable: true
+                            type: string
+                          nullable: true
+                          type: array
+                        preemptible:
+                          type: boolean
+                        serviceAccount:
+                          nullable: true
+                          type: string
+                        tags:
+                          items:
+                            nullable: true
+                            type: string
+                          nullable: true
+                          type: array
+                        taints:
+                          items:
+                            properties:
+                              effect:
+                                nullable: true
+                                type: string
+                              key:
+                                nullable: true
+                                type: string
+                              value:
+                                nullable: true
+                                type: string
+                            type: object
+                          nullable: true
+                          type: array
+                      type: object
+                    initialNodeCount:
+                      nullable: true
+                      type: integer
+                    management:
+                      nullable: true
+                      properties:
+                        autoRepair:
+                          type: boolean
+                        autoUpgrade:
+                          type: boolean
+                      type: object
+                    maxPodsConstraint:
+                      nullable: true
+                      type: integer
+                    name:
+                      nullable: true
+                      type: string
+                    version:
+                      nullable: true
+                      type: string
+                  type: object
+                nullable: true
+                type: array
+              privateClusterConfig:
+                nullable: true
+                properties:
+                  enablePrivateEndpoint:
+                    type: boolean
+                  enablePrivateNodes:
+                    type: boolean
+                  masterIpv4CidrBlock:
+                    nullable: true
+                    type: string
+                type: object
+              projectID:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              region:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              subnetwork:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              zone:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+            type: object
+          status:
+            properties:
+              failureMessage:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              phase:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+            type: object
+        type: object
+    served: true
+    storage: true
+    subresources:
+      status: {}
diff --git a/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/Chart.yaml b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5eacb89503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+annotations:
+  catalog.cattle.io/auto-install: rancher-gke-operator-crd=match
+  catalog.cattle.io/certified: rancher
+  catalog.cattle.io/hidden: "true"
+  catalog.cattle.io/kube-version: '>= 1.30.0-0 < 1.33.0-0'
+  catalog.cattle.io/namespace: cattle-system
+  catalog.cattle.io/os: linux
+  catalog.cattle.io/permits-os: linux,windows
+  catalog.cattle.io/provides-gvr: gkeclusterconfigs.gke.cattle.io/v1
+  catalog.cattle.io/rancher-version: '>= 2.11.0-0 < 2.12.0-0'
+  catalog.cattle.io/release-name: rancher-gke-operator
+  catalog.cattle.io/scope: management
+apiVersion: v2
+appVersion: 1.11.0-rc.1
+description: A Helm chart for provisioning GKE clusters
+home: https://github.com/rancher/gke-operator
+name: rancher-gke-operator
+sources:
+- https://github.com/rancher/gke-operator
+version: 106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1
diff --git a/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/templates/NOTES.txt b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/templates/NOTES.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..238173d1bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/templates/NOTES.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+You have deployed the Rancher GKE operator
+Version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion }}
+Description: This operator provisions GKE clusters
+from GKEClusterConfig CRs.
diff --git a/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/templates/_helpers.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de3b332f6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{{/* vim: set filetype=mustache: */}}
+
+{{- define "system_default_registry" -}}
+{{- if .Values.global.cattle.systemDefaultRegistry -}}
+{{- printf "%s/" .Values.global.cattle.systemDefaultRegistry -}}
+{{- else -}}
+{{- "" -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{/*
+Windows cluster will add default taint for linux nodes,
+add below linux tolerations to workloads could be scheduled to those linux nodes
+*/}}
+{{- define "linux-node-tolerations" -}}
+- key: "cattle.io/os"
+  value: "linux"
+  effect: "NoSchedule"
+  operator: "Equal"
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{- define "linux-node-selector" -}}
+kubernetes.io/os: linux
+{{- end -}}
+
diff --git a/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/templates/clusterrole.yaml b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/templates/clusterrole.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c352696ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/templates/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+kind: ClusterRole
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: gke-operator
+  namespace: cattle-system
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: ['']
+    resources: ['secrets']
+    verbs: ['get', 'list', 'create', 'watch']
+  - apiGroups: ['gke.cattle.io']
+    resources: ['gkeclusterconfigs']
+    verbs: ['get', 'list', 'update', 'watch']
+  - apiGroups: ['gke.cattle.io']
+    resources: ['gkeclusterconfigs/status']
+    verbs: ['update']
diff --git a/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2af390c71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name:  gke-operator
+  namespace: cattle-system
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: gke-operator
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: gke-operator
+  namespace: cattle-system
diff --git a/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/templates/deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..731fa1d4c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: gke-config-operator
+  namespace: cattle-system
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      ke.cattle.io/operator: gke
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        ke.cattle.io/operator: gke
+    spec:
+      nodeSelector: {{ include "linux-node-selector" . | nindent 8 }}
+{{- if .Values.nodeSelector }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.nodeSelector | indent 8 }}
+{{- end }}
+      tolerations: {{ include "linux-node-tolerations" . | nindent 8 }}
+{{- if .Values.tolerations }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.tolerations | indent 8 }}
+{{- end }}
+      serviceAccountName: gke-operator
+      {{- if .Values.priorityClassName }}
+      priorityClassName: "{{.Values.priorityClassName}}"
+      {{- end }}
+      securityContext:
+        fsGroup: 1007
+        runAsUser: 1007
+      containers:
+      - name: rancher-gke-operator
+        image: '{{ template "system_default_registry" $ }}{{ $.Values.gkeOperator.image.repository }}:{{ $.Values.gkeOperator.image.tag }}'
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        args: ["-debug={{ .Values.gkeOperator.debug | default false }}"]
+        env:
+        - name: HTTP_PROXY
+          value: {{ .Values.httpProxy }}
+        - name: HTTPS_PROXY
+          value: {{ .Values.httpsProxy }}
+        - name: NO_PROXY
+          value: {{ .Values.noProxy }}
+        securityContext:
+          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+          privileged: false
+          capabilities:
+            drop:
+            - ALL
+{{- if .Values.additionalTrustedCAs }}
+        # gke-operator mounts the additional CAs in two places:
+        volumeMounts:
+            # This directory is owned by the gke-operator user so c_rehash works here.
+          - mountPath: /etc/rancher/ssl/ca-additional.pem
+            name: tls-ca-additional-volume
+            subPath: ca-additional.pem
+            readOnly: true
+            # This directory is root-owned so c_rehash doesn't work here,
+            # but the cert is here in case update-ca-certificates is called in the future or by the OS.
+          - mountPath: /etc/pki/trust/anchors/ca-additional.pem
+            name: tls-ca-additional-volume
+            subPath: ca-additional.pem
+            readOnly: true
+      volumes:
+        - name: tls-ca-additional-volume
+          secret:
+            defaultMode: 0400
+            secretName: tls-ca-additional
+  {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/templates/serviceaccount.yaml b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba52af6280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  namespace: cattle-system
+  name: gke-operator
diff --git a/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/values.yaml b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5eaf19baf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+global:
+  cattle:
+    systemDefaultRegistry: ""
+
+gkeOperator:
+  image:
+    repository: rancher/gke-operator
+    tag: v1.11.0-rc.1
+  debug: false
+
+httpProxy: ""
+httpsProxy: ""
+noProxy: ""
+additionalTrustedCAs: false
+## Node labels for pod assignment
+## Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/node-selection/
+##
+nodeSelector: {}
+## List of node taints to tolerate (requires Kubernetes >= 1.6)
+tolerations: []
+
+## PriorityClassName assigned to deployment.
+priorityClassName: ""
diff --git a/index.yaml b/index.yaml
index 2e38d6f3ba..9c3645c108 100755
--- a/index.yaml
+++ b/index.yaml
@@ -13015,6 +13015,30 @@ entries:
     - assets/rancher-gatekeeper-crd/rancher-gatekeeper-crd-101.0.0+up3.9.0.tgz
     version: 101.0.0+up3.9.0
   rancher-gke-operator:
+  - annotations:
+      catalog.cattle.io/auto-install: rancher-gke-operator-crd=match
+      catalog.cattle.io/certified: rancher
+      catalog.cattle.io/hidden: "true"
+      catalog.cattle.io/kube-version: '>= 1.30.0-0 < 1.33.0-0'
+      catalog.cattle.io/namespace: cattle-system
+      catalog.cattle.io/os: linux
+      catalog.cattle.io/permits-os: linux,windows
+      catalog.cattle.io/provides-gvr: gkeclusterconfigs.gke.cattle.io/v1
+      catalog.cattle.io/rancher-version: '>= 2.11.0-0 < 2.12.0-0'
+      catalog.cattle.io/release-name: rancher-gke-operator
+      catalog.cattle.io/scope: management
+    apiVersion: v2
+    appVersion: 1.11.0-rc.1
+    created: "2025-01-28T18:11:05.437288479+01:00"
+    description: A Helm chart for provisioning GKE clusters
+    digest: e8d9bf6f790cf7245b24ae66121b8e3cf7553b1498fbbe228d63a929583d817e
+    home: https://github.com/rancher/gke-operator
+    name: rancher-gke-operator
+    sources:
+    - https://github.com/rancher/gke-operator
+    urls:
+    - assets/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator-106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1.tgz
+    version: 106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1
   - annotations:
       catalog.cattle.io/auto-install: rancher-gke-operator-crd=match
       catalog.cattle.io/certified: rancher
@@ -13448,6 +13472,22 @@ entries:
     - assets/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator-101.0.0+up1.1.5.tgz
     version: 101.0.0+up1.1.5
   rancher-gke-operator-crd:
+  - annotations:
+      catalog.cattle.io/certified: rancher
+      catalog.cattle.io/hidden: "true"
+      catalog.cattle.io/namespace: cattle-system
+      catalog.cattle.io/os: linux
+      catalog.cattle.io/permits-os: linux,windows
+      catalog.cattle.io/release-name: rancher-gke-operator-crd
+    apiVersion: v2
+    appVersion: 1.11.0-rc.1
+    created: "2025-01-28T18:11:07.42843071+01:00"
+    description: GKE Operator CustomResourceDefinitions
+    digest: cb8efa566e5b581ef404299ec478aaadf5826fa62c60d855664e009ce59f640d
+    name: rancher-gke-operator-crd
+    urls:
+    - assets/rancher-gke-operator-crd/rancher-gke-operator-crd-106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1.tgz
+    version: 106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1
   - annotations:
       catalog.cattle.io/certified: rancher
       catalog.cattle.io/hidden: "true"
diff --git a/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator-crd/package.yaml b/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator-crd/package.yaml
index 3bff7f4e1d..0b283aebd2 100644
--- a/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator-crd/package.yaml
+++ b/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator-crd/package.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-url: https://github.com/rancher/gke-operator/releases/download/v1.10.0/rancher-gke-operator-crd-1.10.0.tgz
-version: 105.0.0
+url: https://github.com/rancher/gke-operator/releases/download/v1.11.0-rc.1/rancher-gke-operator-crd-1.11.0-rc.1.tgz
+version: 106.0.0
diff --git a/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator/generated-changes/patch/Chart.yaml.patch b/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator/generated-changes/patch/Chart.yaml.patch
index 889934ed81..c838b1608c 100644
--- a/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator/generated-changes/patch/Chart.yaml.patch
+++ b/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator/generated-changes/patch/Chart.yaml.patch
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
    catalog.cattle.io/certified: rancher
    catalog.cattle.io/hidden: "true"
 -  catalog.cattle.io/kube-version: '>= 1.18.0-0'
-+  catalog.cattle.io/kube-version: '>= 1.28.0-0 < 1.32.0-0'
++  catalog.cattle.io/kube-version: '>= 1.30.0-0 < 1.33.0-0'
    catalog.cattle.io/namespace: cattle-system
    catalog.cattle.io/os: linux
    catalog.cattle.io/permits-os: linux,windows
    catalog.cattle.io/provides-gvr: gkeclusterconfigs.gke.cattle.io/v1
 -  catalog.cattle.io/rancher-version: '>= 2.6.0-alpha'
-+  catalog.cattle.io/rancher-version: '>= 2.9.0-0 < 2.11.0-0'
++  catalog.cattle.io/rancher-version: '>= 2.11.0-0 < 2.12.0-0'
    catalog.cattle.io/release-name: rancher-gke-operator
    catalog.cattle.io/scope: management
  apiVersion: v2
diff --git a/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator/package.yaml b/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator/package.yaml
index 10a531d22d..3476bdb3f5 100644
--- a/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator/package.yaml
+++ b/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator/package.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-url: https://github.com/rancher/gke-operator/releases/download/v1.10.0/rancher-gke-operator-1.10.0.tgz
-version: 105.0.0
+url: https://github.com/rancher/gke-operator/releases/download/v1.11.0-rc.1/rancher-gke-operator-1.11.0-rc.1.tgz
+version: 106.0.0
diff --git a/release.yaml b/release.yaml
index 1e22402f7e..dc99b31a1c 100644
--- a/release.yaml
+++ b/release.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ rancher-eks-operator:
   - 106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1
 rancher-eks-operator-crd:
   - 106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1
+rancher-gke-operator:
+  - 106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1
+rancher-gke-operator-crd:
+  - 106.0.0+up1.11.0-rc.1
 rancher-logging:
   - 105.1.0-rc.1+up4.10.0
 rancher-logging-crd: