# Lima v2.2.1

> Kubernetes Core · 2026-10-03

A maintenance release focused on correctness, compatibility, performance, and template updates. It also changes a minimum toolchain requirement and a QEMU/HVF default, so those environments may require attention.

## Action needed
- **[breaking]** `qemuimgutil` rejection of `qcow2` external data file references
  - `qemuimgutil` now rejects `qcow2` external data file references. The correctness fix ships in the image utility.

## Check if affected
- **[breaking]** `go.mod` minimum `Go` version raised to `1.26`
  - Applies if you do not use `Go 1.26`.
  - `go.mod` raises the minimum `Go` version to `1.26` and removes `pkg/ptr`. The compatibility update ships with the module requirements.
- **[breaking]** TPM PPI disabled on `HVF` with `QEMU >= 11.0`
  - Applies if you use `HVF` and `QEMU >= 11.0`.
  - The QEMU driver disables the TPM PPI when running on HVF with `QEMU >= 11.0`. This changes the default behavior for that driver configuration.

## Other recorded changes
- 24 (value_changed 13, defect_corrected 9, added 2)

[Full analysis](https://ratatosk.io/en/releases/lima/v2.2.1)

[Original release notes](https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/releases/tag/v2.2.1)