Otherwise, if the file doesn't already exist on the host at startup, it will be created as a directory. This breaks (among other things) `kube-proxy`, which leads to the AWS CNI not being able to reach the API-server, which leads to the node being stuck in `NotReady` state.

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Bumps [github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2](https://github.com/onsi/ginkgo) from 2.14.0 to 2.17.1.
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Bumps [github.com/stretchr/testify](https://github.com/stretchr/testify) from 1.8.4 to 1.9.0.
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Bumps [github.com/prometheus/common](https://github.com/prometheus/common) from 0.48.0 to 0.52.2.
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Bumps [helm.sh/helm/v3](https://github.com/helm/helm) from 3.14.2 to 3.14.3.
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Bumps [golang.org/x/sys](https://github.com/golang/sys) from 0.17.0 to 0.18.0.
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Bumps [github.com/containernetworking/plugins](https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins) from 1.4.0 to 1.4.1.
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* remove unused Dockerfile

* update golang and dependencies to fix CVE

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