Merge pull request #11609 from sbueringer/pr-v1.8.7

Author: sbueringer

CHANGELOG/v1.8.7.md

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+## 👌 Kubernetes version support
+
+- Management Cluster: v1.27.x -> v1.31.x
+- Workload Cluster: v1.25.x -> v1.31.x
+
+[More information about version support can be found here](https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/reference/versions.html)
+
+## Changes since v1.8.6
+## :chart_with_upwards_trend: Overview
+- 2 new commits merged
+
+## :seedling: Others
+- Dependency: Bump golang.org/x/crypto (#11580)
+- Runtime SDK: Cache DiscoveryVariables calls (#11600)
+
+## Dependencies
+
+### Added
+_Nothing has changed._
+
+### Changed
+- golang.org/x/crypto: v0.25.0 → v0.31.0
+- golang.org/x/sync: v0.7.0 → v0.10.0
+- golang.org/x/sys: v0.22.0 → v0.28.0
+- golang.org/x/term: v0.22.0 → v0.27.0
+- golang.org/x/text: v0.16.0 → v0.21.0
+
+### Removed
+_Nothing has changed._
+
+_Thanks to all our contributors!_ 😊