diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e421f04396f..e73f3c57814 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Note: Upstart/SysV init based OS types are not supported.
 
 - Core
   - [kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes) v1.30.4
-  - [etcd](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd) v3.5.12
+  - [etcd](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd) v3.5.17
   - [docker](https://www.docker.com/) v26.1
   - [containerd](https://containerd.io/) v1.7.21
   - [cri-o](http://cri-o.io/) v1.30.3 (experimental: see [CRI-O Note](docs/CRI/cri-o.md). Only on fedora, ubuntu and centos based OS)
diff --git a/cache/etcd-amd64 b/cache/etcd-amd64
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3570e402b7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cache/etcd-amd64
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+38845d650e63dc4bdc85c05b31d1c02cdcfd33ccb2ce103ebe5aa7abcf00513f  etcd-v3.5.17-darwin-amd64.zip
+eb0bd769c01c4c0b56fd58e9020880c3b0ee8e0cc81090d94f1b3c8b122d70ce  etcd-v3.5.17-darwin-arm64.zip
+eff6ac621d41711085d0f38fab17d8fa3705f6326c3ff11301a1f5a71fc94edd  etcd-v3.5.17-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+7d717a62520bf39fa1115dfbb1df79479ff74b5eda0914f4132bfa60a48b9549  etcd-v3.5.17-linux-arm64.tar.gz
+5c737b586a1ebcc12bf0d68a2b56583764f4aba82ab4934629626da93d4a9ecc  etcd-v3.5.17-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz
+95da7e2c2bf9805f3770d1226818f4d826bd5d363af894891f1f55dc97374c69  etcd-v3.5.17-linux-s390x.tar.gz
+4821d95bc8baf3a154315718ca790b548c4f0fab66290a6e702936d7d8af542e  etcd-v3.5.17-windows-amd64.zip
diff --git a/cache/etcd-arm b/cache/etcd-arm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3570e402b7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cache/etcd-arm
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+38845d650e63dc4bdc85c05b31d1c02cdcfd33ccb2ce103ebe5aa7abcf00513f  etcd-v3.5.17-darwin-amd64.zip
+eb0bd769c01c4c0b56fd58e9020880c3b0ee8e0cc81090d94f1b3c8b122d70ce  etcd-v3.5.17-darwin-arm64.zip
+eff6ac621d41711085d0f38fab17d8fa3705f6326c3ff11301a1f5a71fc94edd  etcd-v3.5.17-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+7d717a62520bf39fa1115dfbb1df79479ff74b5eda0914f4132bfa60a48b9549  etcd-v3.5.17-linux-arm64.tar.gz
+5c737b586a1ebcc12bf0d68a2b56583764f4aba82ab4934629626da93d4a9ecc  etcd-v3.5.17-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz
+95da7e2c2bf9805f3770d1226818f4d826bd5d363af894891f1f55dc97374c69  etcd-v3.5.17-linux-s390x.tar.gz
+4821d95bc8baf3a154315718ca790b548c4f0fab66290a6e702936d7d8af542e  etcd-v3.5.17-windows-amd64.zip
diff --git a/cache/etcd-arm64 b/cache/etcd-arm64
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3570e402b7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cache/etcd-arm64
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+38845d650e63dc4bdc85c05b31d1c02cdcfd33ccb2ce103ebe5aa7abcf00513f  etcd-v3.5.17-darwin-amd64.zip
+eb0bd769c01c4c0b56fd58e9020880c3b0ee8e0cc81090d94f1b3c8b122d70ce  etcd-v3.5.17-darwin-arm64.zip
+eff6ac621d41711085d0f38fab17d8fa3705f6326c3ff11301a1f5a71fc94edd  etcd-v3.5.17-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+7d717a62520bf39fa1115dfbb1df79479ff74b5eda0914f4132bfa60a48b9549  etcd-v3.5.17-linux-arm64.tar.gz
+5c737b586a1ebcc12bf0d68a2b56583764f4aba82ab4934629626da93d4a9ecc  etcd-v3.5.17-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz
+95da7e2c2bf9805f3770d1226818f4d826bd5d363af894891f1f55dc97374c69  etcd-v3.5.17-linux-s390x.tar.gz
+4821d95bc8baf3a154315718ca790b548c4f0fab66290a6e702936d7d8af542e  etcd-v3.5.17-windows-amd64.zip
diff --git a/cache/etcd-ppc64le b/cache/etcd-ppc64le
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3570e402b7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cache/etcd-ppc64le
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+38845d650e63dc4bdc85c05b31d1c02cdcfd33ccb2ce103ebe5aa7abcf00513f  etcd-v3.5.17-darwin-amd64.zip
+eb0bd769c01c4c0b56fd58e9020880c3b0ee8e0cc81090d94f1b3c8b122d70ce  etcd-v3.5.17-darwin-arm64.zip
+eff6ac621d41711085d0f38fab17d8fa3705f6326c3ff11301a1f5a71fc94edd  etcd-v3.5.17-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+7d717a62520bf39fa1115dfbb1df79479ff74b5eda0914f4132bfa60a48b9549  etcd-v3.5.17-linux-arm64.tar.gz
+5c737b586a1ebcc12bf0d68a2b56583764f4aba82ab4934629626da93d4a9ecc  etcd-v3.5.17-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz
+95da7e2c2bf9805f3770d1226818f4d826bd5d363af894891f1f55dc97374c69  etcd-v3.5.17-linux-s390x.tar.gz
+4821d95bc8baf3a154315718ca790b548c4f0fab66290a6e702936d7d8af542e  etcd-v3.5.17-windows-amd64.zip
diff --git a/cache/etcd.json b/cache/etcd.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..690cf96a2db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cache/etcd.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "tagName": "v3.5.17",
+  "url": "https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/tag/v3.5.17",
+  "description": "Please check out [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/blob/main/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-3.5.md) for a full list of changes. And make sure to read [upgrade guide](https://etcd.io/docs/v3.5/upgrades/upgrade_3_5/) before upgrading etcd (there may be breaking changes).\r\n\r\nFor installation guides, please check out [play.etcd.io](http://play.etcd.io) and [operating etcd](https://etcd.io/docs/v3.5/op-guide/). Latest support status for common architectures and operating systems can be found at [supported platforms](https://etcd.io/docs/v3.5/op-guide/supported-platform/).\r\n\r\n###### Linux\r\n\r\n```sh\r\nETCD_VER=v3.5.17\r\n\r\n# choose either URL\r\nGOOGLE_URL=https://storage.googleapis.com/etcd\r\nGITHUB_URL=https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/download\r\nDOWNLOAD_URL=${GOOGLE_URL}\r\n\r\nrm -f /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz\r\nrm -rf /tmp/etcd-download-test && mkdir -p /tmp/etcd-download-test\r\n\r\ncurl -L ${DOWNLOAD_URL}/${ETCD_VER}/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz -o /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz\r\ntar xzvf /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /tmp/etcd-download-test --strip-components=1\r\nrm -f /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz\r\n\r\n/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcd --version\r\n/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcdctl version\r\n/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcdutl version\r\n\r\n# start a local etcd server\r\n/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcd\r\n\r\n# write,read to etcd\r\n/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcdctl --endpoints=localhost:2379 put foo bar\r\n/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcdctl --endpoints=localhost:2379 get foo\r\n```\r\n\r\n###### macOS (Darwin)\r\n\r\n```sh\r\nETCD_VER=v3.5.17\r\n\r\n# choose either URL\r\nGOOGLE_URL=https://storage.googleapis.com/etcd\r\nGITHUB_URL=https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/download\r\nDOWNLOAD_URL=${GOOGLE_URL}\r\n\r\nrm -f /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-darwin-amd64.zip\r\nrm -rf /tmp/etcd-download-test && mkdir -p /tmp/etcd-download-test\r\n\r\ncurl -L ${DOWNLOAD_URL}/${ETCD_VER}/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-darwin-amd64.zip -o /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-darwin-amd64.zip\r\nunzip /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-darwin-amd64.zip -d /tmp && rm -f /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-darwin-amd64.zip\r\nmv /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-darwin-amd64/* /tmp/etcd-download-test && rm -rf mv /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-darwin-amd64\r\n\r\n/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcd --version\r\n/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcdctl version\r\n/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcdutl version\r\n```\r\n\r\n###### Docker\r\n\r\netcd uses [`gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd`](https://gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd) as a primary container registry, and [`quay.io/coreos/etcd`](https://quay.io/coreos/etcd) as secondary.\r\n\r\n```sh\r\nETCD_VER=v3.5.17\r\n\r\nrm -rf /tmp/etcd-data.tmp && mkdir -p /tmp/etcd-data.tmp && \\\r\n  docker rmi gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd:${ETCD_VER} || true && \\\r\n  docker run \\\r\n  -p 2379:2379 \\\r\n  -p 2380:2380 \\\r\n  --mount type=bind,source=/tmp/etcd-data.tmp,destination=/etcd-data \\\r\n  --name etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER} \\\r\n  gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd:${ETCD_VER} \\\r\n  /usr/local/bin/etcd \\\r\n  --name s1 \\\r\n  --data-dir /etcd-data \\\r\n  --listen-client-urls http://0.0.0.0:2379 \\\r\n  --advertise-client-urls http://0.0.0.0:2379 \\\r\n  --listen-peer-urls http://0.0.0.0:2380 \\\r\n  --initial-advertise-peer-urls http://0.0.0.0:2380 \\\r\n  --initial-cluster s1=http://0.0.0.0:2380 \\\r\n  --initial-cluster-token tkn \\\r\n  --initial-cluster-state new \\\r\n  --log-level info \\\r\n  --logger zap \\\r\n  --log-outputs stderr\r\n\r\ndocker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER}/usr/local/bin/etcd --version\r\ndocker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER}/usr/local/bin/etcdctl version\r\ndocker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER}/usr/local/bin/etcdutl version\r\ndocker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER}/usr/local/bin/etcdctl endpoint health\r\ndocker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER}/usr/local/bin/etcdctl put foo bar\r\ndocker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER}/usr/local/bin/etcdctl get foo\r\n```\r\n",
+  "publishedAt": "2024-11-12T16:41:41Z",
+  "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..2cea3821871 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/checksums.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/checksums.yml
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ kubeadm_checksums:
     v1.28.0: 146fe9194486e46accd5054fa93939f9608fdbeefefc4bc68e4c40fb4a84ccc9
 etcd_binary_checksums:
   arm:
+    v3.5.17: 7d717a62520bf39fa1115dfbb1df79479ff74b5eda0914f4132bfa60a48b9549
     v3.5.12: 0
     v3.5.11: 0
     v3.5.10: 0
@@ -408,6 +409,7 @@ etcd_binary_checksums:
     v3.5.7: 0
     v3.5.6: 0
   arm64:
+    v3.5.17: 7d717a62520bf39fa1115dfbb1df79479ff74b5eda0914f4132bfa60a48b9549
     v3.5.12: 31f30c01918771ece28d6e553e0f33be9483ced989896ecf6bbe1edb07786141
     v3.5.11: 6edf0cddc8fa2d7674129abe2e44d5a37cc3a6e3b500c13c6cbc2ed2ecf08bf4
     v3.5.10: ff74a6018d9b2a1320bff30e5a11b4f2f5c2a3d147df8a8bad53c01b9f800ee1
@@ -416,6 +418,7 @@ etcd_binary_checksums:
     v3.5.7: 1a35314900da7db006b198dd917e923459b462128101736c63a3cda57ecdbf51
     v3.5.6: 888e25c9c94702ac1254c7655709b44bb3711ebaabd3cb05439f3dd1f2b51a87
   amd64:
+    v3.5.17: eff6ac621d41711085d0f38fab17d8fa3705f6326c3ff11301a1f5a71fc94edd
     v3.5.12: f2ff0cb43ce119f55a85012255609b61c64263baea83aa7c8e6846c0938adca5
     v3.5.11: e256885e753dc99001335e099d3c2eb8cf21a865a087ee4d7e3665752ae5929a
     v3.5.10: 26e90d024fa2310bc52bb40e7f2132e81640b55f8fc446c00ae07e30af2a44fd
@@ -424,6 +427,7 @@ etcd_binary_checksums:
     v3.5.7: a43119af79c592a874e8f59c4f23832297849d0c479338f9df36e196b86bc396
     v3.5.6: 4db32e3bc06dd0999e2171f76a87c1cffed8369475ec7aa7abee9023635670fb
   ppc64le:
+    v3.5.17: 5c737b586a1ebcc12bf0d68a2b56583764f4aba82ab4934629626da93d4a9ecc
     v3.5.12: ebd8060508d572678d8d1e4f90f87863e3a6cfcba856ceca32379b03251c0597
     v3.5.11: a2e70b291811fa8ccc34cc7d297bf7d31e3af790bc31e54cad034a49e9db2eb7
     v3.5.10: 10cd8e4ecf6718b9712bf2edfac2e4924d7f21dbe58d368e6e10578c85bd8c01
diff --git a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
index 067b673c97f..9ff83beedcd 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ pod_infra_supported_versions:
 pod_infra_version: "{{ pod_infra_supported_versions[kube_major_version] }}"
 
 etcd_supported_versions:
-  v1.30: "v3.5.12"
+  v1.30: "v3.5.17"
   v1.29: "v3.5.12"
   v1.28: "v3.5.12"
 etcd_version: "{{ etcd_supported_versions[kube_major_version] }}"
diff --git a/version_diff.json b/version_diff.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c4a792bac01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version_diff.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "etcd": {
+    "current_version": "v3.5.12",
+    "latest_version": "v3.5.17",
+    "release": {
+      "tagName": "v3.5.17",
+      "url": "https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/tag/v3.5.17",
+      "description": "Please check out [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/blob/main/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-3.5.md) for a full list of changes. And make sure to read [upgrade guide](https://etcd.io/docs/v3.5/upgrades/upgrade_3_5/) before upgrading etcd (there may be breaking changes).\r\n\r\nFor installation guides, please check out [play.etcd.io](http://play.etcd.io) and [operating etcd](https://etcd.io/docs/v3.5/op-guide/). Latest support status for common architectures and operating systems can be found at [supported platforms](https://etcd.io/docs/v3.5/op-guide/supported-platform/).\r\n\r\n###### Linux\r\n\r\n```sh\r\nETCD_VER=v3.5.17\r\n\r\n# choose either URL\r\nGOOGLE_URL=https://storage.googleapis.com/etcd\r\nGITHUB_URL=https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/download\r\nDOWNLOAD_URL=${GOOGLE_URL}\r\n\r\nrm -f /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz\r\nrm -rf /tmp/etcd-download-test && mkdir -p /tmp/etcd-download-test\r\n\r\ncurl -L ${DOWNLOAD_URL}/${ETCD_VER}/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz -o /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz\r\ntar xzvf /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /tmp/etcd-download-test --strip-components=1\r\nrm -f /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz\r\n\r\n/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcd --version\r\n/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcdctl version\r\n/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcdutl version\r\n\r\n# start a local etcd server\r\n/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcd\r\n\r\n# write,read to etcd\r\n/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcdctl --endpoints=localhost:2379 put foo bar\r\n/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcdctl --endpoints=localhost:2379 get foo\r\n```\r\n\r\n###### macOS (Darwin)\r\n\r\n```sh\r\nETCD_VER=v3.5.17\r\n\r\n# choose either URL\r\nGOOGLE_URL=https://storage.googleapis.com/etcd\r\nGITHUB_URL=https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/download\r\nDOWNLOAD_URL=${GOOGLE_URL}\r\n\r\nrm -f /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-darwin-amd64.zip\r\nrm -rf /tmp/etcd-download-test && mkdir -p /tmp/etcd-download-test\r\n\r\ncurl -L ${DOWNLOAD_URL}/${ETCD_VER}/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-darwin-amd64.zip -o /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-darwin-amd64.zip\r\nunzip /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-darwin-amd64.zip -d /tmp && rm -f /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-darwin-amd64.zip\r\nmv /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-darwin-amd64/* /tmp/etcd-download-test && rm -rf mv /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-darwin-amd64\r\n\r\n/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcd --version\r\n/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcdctl version\r\n/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcdutl version\r\n```\r\n\r\n###### Docker\r\n\r\netcd uses [`gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd`](https://gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd) as a primary container registry, and [`quay.io/coreos/etcd`](https://quay.io/coreos/etcd) as secondary.\r\n\r\n```sh\r\nETCD_VER=v3.5.17\r\n\r\nrm -rf /tmp/etcd-data.tmp && mkdir -p /tmp/etcd-data.tmp && \\\r\n  docker rmi gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd:${ETCD_VER} || true && \\\r\n  docker run \\\r\n  -p 2379:2379 \\\r\n  -p 2380:2380 \\\r\n  --mount type=bind,source=/tmp/etcd-data.tmp,destination=/etcd-data \\\r\n  --name etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER} \\\r\n  gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd:${ETCD_VER} \\\r\n  /usr/local/bin/etcd \\\r\n  --name s1 \\\r\n  --data-dir /etcd-data \\\r\n  --listen-client-urls http://0.0.0.0:2379 \\\r\n  --advertise-client-urls http://0.0.0.0:2379 \\\r\n  --listen-peer-urls http://0.0.0.0:2380 \\\r\n  --initial-advertise-peer-urls http://0.0.0.0:2380 \\\r\n  --initial-cluster s1=http://0.0.0.0:2380 \\\r\n  --initial-cluster-token tkn \\\r\n  --initial-cluster-state new \\\r\n  --log-level info \\\r\n  --logger zap \\\r\n  --log-outputs stderr\r\n\r\ndocker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER}/usr/local/bin/etcd --version\r\ndocker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER}/usr/local/bin/etcdctl version\r\ndocker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER}/usr/local/bin/etcdutl version\r\ndocker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER}/usr/local/bin/etcdctl endpoint health\r\ndocker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER}/usr/local/bin/etcdctl put foo bar\r\ndocker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER}/usr/local/bin/etcdctl get foo\r\n```\r\n",
+      "publishedAt": "2024-11-12T16:41:41Z",
+      "isLatest": true,
+      "component": "etcd",
+      "owner": "etcd-io",
+      "repo": "etcd",
+      "release_type": "release"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file