# Test-kitchen 1.21.1 released!

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/test-kitchen-1-21-1-released/12939>\
**Category:** Chef Release Announcements\
**Created:** [April 18, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/test-kitchen-1-21-1-released/12939 "2018-04-18T18:47:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![cheeseplus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/cheeseplus/32/960_2.png) [@cheeseplus](https://discourse.chef.io/u/cheeseplus)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/test-kitchen-1-21-1-released/12939/1 "2018-04-18T18:47:43Z")

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I’m pleased to announce the release of test-kitchen 1.21.1. This release is a hotfix for 1.21.0 but it was so soon after release we’re combining the announce. If you are on 1.21.0 and using the any of the Chef provisioners, you will want to upgrade immediately.

### Configuration UX improvements

Having the kitchen configuration file be hidden has always been a bit odd and so we’re moving to using `kitchen.yml` over `.kitchen.yml`.  
This also applies to `kitchen.local.yml` and we’ve made the change backwards compatible so you’re not forced to move over right away. Additionally, we’ve added support for the environment variables `KITCHEN_YML` and KITCHEN\_LOCAL\_YML`again preserving compatibility if you're using the`\*\_YAML` forms.

**Merged pull requests:**

- Support `\*\_YML` for env vars too, for better UX [#1398](https://github.com/test-kitchen/test-kitchen/pull/1398) ([coderanger](https://github.com/coderanger))
- allow winrm-fs 1.2.0 [#1396](https://github.com/test-kitchen/test-kitchen/pull/1396) ([gtmanfred](https://github.com/gtmanfred))
- added KITCHEN\_YML [#1392](https://github.com/test-kitchen/test-kitchen/pull/1392) ([jjasghar](https://github.com/jjasghar))
- Rubocop appeasement [#1379](https://github.com/test-kitchen/test-kitchen/pull/1379) ([robbkidd](https://github.com/robbkidd))
- don’t add drivers to a project’s Gemfile during init [#1378](https://github.com/test-kitchen/test-kitchen/pull/1378) ([robbkidd](https://github.com/robbkidd))
- halt if visible & hidden default configs are both present [#1377](https://github.com/test-kitchen/test-kitchen/pull/1377) ([robbkidd](https://github.com/robbkidd))
- Update and fix appveyor [#1373](https://github.com/test-kitchen/test-kitchen/pull/1373) ([cheeseplus](https://github.com/cheeseplus))
- Support IPv6 addresses for WinRM [#1371](https://github.com/test-kitchen/test-kitchen/pull/1371) ([jzinn](https://github.com/jzinn))
- Prefer kitchen.yml to .kitchen.yml [#1363](https://github.com/test-kitchen/test-kitchen/pull/1363) ([thommay](https://github.com/thommay))
- Support yaml alias [#1359](https://github.com/test-kitchen/test-kitchen/pull/1359) ([limitusus](https://github.com/limitusus))
- Adding Ruby 2.5, updating other versions [#1348](https://github.com/test-kitchen/test-kitchen/pull/1348) ([cheeseplus](https://github.com/cheeseplus))
- Update CentOS 7 / Ubuntu to the latest versions [#1289](https://github.com/test-kitchen/test-kitchen/pull/1289) ([tas50](https://github.com/tas50))