Merge pull request #671 from hashicorp/hari/release-1.8.1

Amazon Plugin Release Version 1.8.1

Author: hariom-hashicorp

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,14 +2,18 @@
 
 Please refer to [releases](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-amazon/releases) for the latest CHANGELOG information.
 ---
-## x.x.x (Unreleased)
+## 1.8.1 (May 25, 2026)
 
 ## 🐛 Bug Fixes
-- **Fix ShouldRetry callbacks not receiving error from retry framework** – by @tjouni
-  Several `ShouldRetry` callbacks had unnamed function parameters, causing them to
-  reference the outer scope's error variable instead of the error passed by the retry
-  framework. This prevented retries from working for transient AWS API errors such as
-  `InvalidAMIID.NotFound`, `InvalidSnapshot.NotFound`, and `InvalidInstanceID.NotFound`.
+- **Fix ShouldRetry callbacks not receiving error from retry framework** – Several `ShouldRetry` callbacks had unnamed parameters, causing retries to fail for transient AWS API errors such as `InvalidAMIID.NotFound` and `InvalidSnapshot.NotFound`. ([#662](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-amazon/pull/662))
+- **Fix instance profile propagation handling** – Improved IAM instance profile propagation to avoid race conditions during instance launch. ([#639](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-amazon/pull/639))
+- **Fix IPv6 support** – Corrected IPv6 handling in `run_config`, SSH config, and security group steps to properly support IPv6-only configurations. ([#647](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-amazon/pull/647))
+
+## 📦 Dependencies
+- Bump `github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk` from **0.6.5 → 0.6.8**
+- Bump `github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4` to **v4.1.4**
+- Bump `golang.org/x/crypto` from **v0.43.0 → v0.52.0** – security fixes (OSV: GO-2026-5005 et al.)
+- Bump `golang.org/x/net` from **v0.46.0 → v0.55.0** – security fixes (OSV: GO-2026-4918 et al.)
 
 ---
 ## 1.8.0 (November 19, 2025)

go.mod

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.2
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2 v2.24.0
-	github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk v0.6.8
+	github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk v0.6.9
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault/api v1.16.0
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1

go.sum

@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/logutils v1.0.0/go.mod h1:QIAnNjmIWmVIIkWDTG1z5v++HQmx9WQRO
 github.com/hashicorp/mdns v1.0.4/go.mod h1:mtBihi+LeNXGtG8L9dX59gAEa12BDtBQSp4v/YAJqrc=
 github.com/hashicorp/memberlist v0.5.0 h1:EtYPN8DpAURiapus508I4n9CzHs2W+8NZGbmmR/prTM=
 github.com/hashicorp/memberlist v0.5.0/go.mod h1:yvyXLpo0QaGE59Y7hDTsTzDD25JYBZ4mHgHUZ8lrOI0=
-github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk v0.6.8 h1:uBINKQOqcxb9ERgWm16Rdbcxj91Iyq2g1RVCuUsEN7I=
-github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk v0.6.8/go.mod h1:TvwlqryoWOljacuCtF5SKOg3Kz2sgydRVJzqY/S3PkY=
+github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk v0.6.9 h1:gHF+2XNwzVyQ4khQRSaSSWKZ6deGTjm+ZaccwiBe1dU=
+github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk v0.6.9/go.mod h1:TvwlqryoWOljacuCtF5SKOg3Kz2sgydRVJzqY/S3PkY=
 github.com/hashicorp/serf v0.10.1 h1:Z1H2J60yRKvfDYAOZLd2MU0ND4AH/WDz7xYHDWQsIPY=
 github.com/hashicorp/serf v0.10.1/go.mod h1:yL2t6BqATOLGc5HF7qbFkTfXoPIY0WZdWHfEvMqbG+4=
 github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-log v0.9.0 h1:i7hOA+vdAItN1/7UrfBqBwvYPQ9TFvymaRGZED3FCV0=

version/VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.8.1-dev
+1.8.1

version/version.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import "github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/version"
 
 var (
 	Version           = "1.8.1"
-	VersionPrerelease = "dev"
+	VersionPrerelease = ""
 	VersionMetadata   = ""
 	PluginVersion     = version.NewPluginVersion(Version, VersionPrerelease, VersionMetadata)
 )