diff --git a/worker_node_install.sh b/worker_node_install.sh
index b9f3ce1..2e313c8 100644
--- a/worker_node_install.sh
+++ b/worker_node_install.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,25 @@
 set -Eeuo pipefail
 
 ########################################
-# Arch Linux Kubernetes Worker
-# Prepares worker node for manual join
+# Arch Linux Kubernetes Worker Node
+# Fully automated worker node preparation
+# + Official Kubernetes binaries pinned to 1.34.x
+# Ready for manual kubeadm join
 ########################################
 
+# ---------- Config ----------
+K8S_VERSION="${K8S_VERSION:-v1.34.6}"
+K8S_SERIES_REGEX='^v1\.34\.[0-9]+$'
+K8S_ARCH="${K8S_ARCH:-amd64}"
+
+# Binary locations
+KUBEADM_BIN="/usr/local/bin/kubeadm"
+KUBECTL_BIN="/usr/local/bin/kubectl"
+KUBELET_BIN="/usr/local/bin/kubelet"
+
+# Optional output file for your later manual join command
+JOIN_HINT_FILE="${JOIN_HINT_FILE:-/root/kubeadm-join-example.txt}"
+
 # ---------- Logging ----------
 log() {
   echo
@@ -25,6 +40,83 @@ die() {
   exit 1
 }
 
+# ---------- Helpers ----------
+require_cmd() {
+  command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "Required command not found: $1"
+}
+
+download_k8s_binary() {
+  local name="$1"
+  local tmpdir
+  tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
+
+  curl -fsSL -o "${tmpdir}/${name}" \
+    "https://dl.k8s.io/release/${K8S_VERSION}/bin/linux/${K8S_ARCH}/${name}"
+
+  curl -fsSL -o "${tmpdir}/${name}.sha256" \
+    "https://dl.k8s.io/release/${K8S_VERSION}/bin/linux/${K8S_ARCH}/${name}.sha256"
+
+  (
+    cd "${tmpdir}"
+    echo "$(cat "${name}.sha256")  ${name}" | sha256sum --check --status
+  ) || die "Checksum verification failed for ${name} ${K8S_VERSION}"
+
+  install -o root -g root -m 0755 "${tmpdir}/${name}" "/usr/local/bin/${name}"
+  rm -rf "${tmpdir}"
+}
+
+install_kubelet_service() {
+  log "Installing kubelet systemd service"
+
+  mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d
+  touch /etc/default/kubelet
+
+  cat >/etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service <<'EOF'
+[Unit]
+Description=kubelet: The Kubernetes Node Agent
+Documentation=https://kubernetes.io/docs/
+After=containerd.service network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+Requires=containerd.service
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/kubelet
+Restart=always
+StartLimitInterval=0
+RestartSec=10
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+
+  cat >/etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d/10-kubeadm.conf <<'EOF'
+[Service]
+Environment="KUBELET_KUBECONFIG_ARGS=--bootstrap-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/bootstrap-kubelet.conf --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf"
+Environment="KUBELET_CONFIG_ARGS=--config=/var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml"
+EnvironmentFile=-/var/lib/kubelet/kubeadm-flags.env
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/kubelet
+ExecStart=
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/kubelet $KUBELET_KUBECONFIG_ARGS $KUBELET_CONFIG_ARGS $KUBELET_KUBEADM_ARGS $KUBELET_EXTRA_ARGS
+EOF
+}
+
+cleanup_old_k8s_state() {
+  log "Cleaning up any previous Kubernetes worker state"
+
+  kubeadm reset -f >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
+  rm -rf /etc/cni/net.d \
+         /var/lib/cni \
+         /etc/kubernetes \
+         /var/lib/kubelet/pki \
+         /var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml \
+         /var/lib/kubelet/kubeadm-flags.env
+
+  ip link delete cni0 2>/dev/null || true
+  ip link delete flannel.1 2>/dev/null || true
+  ip link delete kube-ipvs0 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
 # ---------- Root check ----------
 if [[ "${EUID}" -ne 0 ]]; then
   die "Run this script as root, for example: sudo ./worker_node_prepare.sh"
@@ -41,6 +133,10 @@ on_error() {
 }
 trap 'on_error $LINENO' ERR
 
+# ---------- Version guard ----------
+[[ "${K8S_VERSION}" =~ ${K8S_SERIES_REGEX} ]] || die \
+  "This worker script is intended for Kubernetes 1.34.x to match your master node. Current K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION}"
+
 # ---------- Step 1: Disable swap ----------
 log "Disabling swap immediately"
 swapoff -a || true
@@ -62,8 +158,8 @@ if pacman -Q iptables >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   pacman -Rdd --noconfirm iptables || true
 fi
 
-# ---------- Step 4: Install required packages ----------
-log "Installing Kubernetes worker packages"
+# ---------- Step 4: Install required Arch packages ----------
+log "Installing runtime and support packages from Arch"
 pacman -S --needed --noconfirm \
   ca-certificates \
   curl \
@@ -74,11 +170,30 @@ pacman -S --needed --noconfirm \
   iptables-nft \
   conntrack-tools \
   socat \
-  kubeadm \
-  kubectl \
-  kubelet
+  tar \
+  gzip \
+  jq \
+  openssl
 
-# ---------- Step 5: Kernel modules ----------
+# ---------- Step 5: Remove Arch Kubernetes packages if present ----------
+log "Removing Arch-provided kubeadm/kubectl/kubelet if present"
+for pkg in kubeadm kubectl kubelet; do
+  if pacman -Q "${pkg}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    pacman -Rdd --noconfirm "${pkg}" || true
+  fi
+done
+
+# ---------- Step 6: Install pinned Kubernetes binaries ----------
+log "Installing Kubernetes binaries ${K8S_VERSION}"
+download_k8s_binary kubeadm
+download_k8s_binary kubectl
+download_k8s_binary kubelet
+
+require_cmd "${KUBEADM_BIN}"
+require_cmd "${KUBECTL_BIN}"
+require_cmd "${KUBELET_BIN}"
+
+# ---------- Step 7: Kernel modules ----------
 log "Configuring required kernel modules"
 cat >/etc/modules-load.d/k8s.conf <<'EOF'
 overlay
@@ -88,7 +203,7 @@ EOF
 modprobe overlay
 modprobe br_netfilter
 
-# ---------- Step 6: Sysctl ----------
+# ---------- Step 8: Sysctl ----------
 log "Configuring Kubernetes sysctl settings"
 cat >/etc/sysctl.d/99-kubernetes-cri.conf <<'EOF'
 net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables = 1
@@ -98,7 +213,7 @@ EOF
 
 sysctl --system
 
-# ---------- Step 7: Configure containerd ----------
+# ---------- Step 9: Configure containerd ----------
 log "Configuring containerd"
 mkdir -p /etc/containerd
 
@@ -108,16 +223,21 @@ else
   cp /etc/containerd/config.toml /etc/containerd/config.toml.bak.$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
 fi
 
-# Ensure kubelet/containerd use systemd cgroups
 sed -ri 's/^\s*SystemdCgroup = false/SystemdCgroup = true/' /etc/containerd/config.toml
 
-# ---------- Step 8: Enable services ----------
+# ---------- Step 10: Install kubelet service ----------
+install_kubelet_service
+
+# ---------- Step 11: Clean previous worker state ----------
+cleanup_old_k8s_state
+
+# ---------- Step 12: Enable services ----------
 log "Enabling and starting containerd and kubelet"
 systemctl daemon-reload
 systemctl enable --now containerd
 systemctl enable --now kubelet
 
-# ---------- Step 9: Wait for containerd ----------
+# ---------- Step 13: Wait for containerd ----------
 log "Waiting for containerd to become active"
 for i in {1..20}; do
   if systemctl is-active --quiet containerd; then
@@ -127,32 +247,49 @@ for i in {1..20}; do
 done
 systemctl is-active --quiet containerd || die "containerd did not start successfully"
 
-# ---------- Step 10: Pre-pull Kubernetes images ----------
-log "Pulling Kubernetes node images"
-kubeadm config images pull
+# ---------- Step 14: Verify pinned versions ----------
+log "Verifying installed Kubernetes component versions"
+KUBEADM_VERSION="$("${KUBEADM_BIN}" version -o short 2>/dev/null || true)"
+KUBECTL_VERSION="$("${KUBECTL_BIN}" version --client -o json 2>/dev/null | jq -r '.clientVersion.gitVersion // empty')"
+KUBELET_VERSION="$("${KUBELET_BIN}" --version 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $2}')"
 
-# ---------- Step 11: Clean notice if already joined ----------
-if [[ -f /etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf ]]; then
-  warn "This node appears to have already been joined before."
-  warn "If you want to re-join it cleanly, run:"
-  echo "  sudo kubeadm reset -f"
-  echo "  sudo rm -rf /etc/cni/net.d /var/lib/cni /var/lib/kubelet /etc/kubernetes"
-  echo "  sudo systemctl restart containerd kubelet"
-fi
+[[ "${KUBEADM_VERSION}" =~ ${K8S_SERIES_REGEX} ]] || die "kubeadm version mismatch: ${KUBEADM_VERSION}"
+[[ "${KUBECTL_VERSION}" =~ ${K8S_SERIES_REGEX} ]] || die "kubectl version mismatch: ${KUBECTL_VERSION}"
+[[ "${KUBELET_VERSION}" =~ ${K8S_SERIES_REGEX} ]] || die "kubelet version mismatch: ${KUBELET_VERSION}"
 
-# ---------- Step 12: Final status ----------
-log "Worker node runtime status"
-systemctl status containerd kubelet --no-pager || true
+# ---------- Step 15: Write join hint ----------
+log "Writing manual join hint"
+cat >"${JOIN_HINT_FILE}" <<'EOF'
+Run your worker join command manually, for example:
 
+sudo kubeadm join <CONTROL_PLANE_IP>:6443 --token <TOKEN> \
+  --discovery-token-ca-cert-hash sha256:<HASH>
+EOF
+chmod 600 "${JOIN_HINT_FILE}"
+
+# ---------- Final output ----------
 echo
 echo "Worker node preparation is complete."
 echo
-echo "This node is ready for you to run your join command manually."
+echo "Pinned Kubernetes version:"
+echo "  ${K8S_VERSION}"
+echo
+echo "Installed binaries:"
+echo "  ${KUBEADM_BIN}"
+echo "  ${KUBECTL_BIN}"
+echo "  ${KUBELET_BIN}"
+echo
+echo "Services:"
+echo "  containerd: $(systemctl is-active containerd || true)"
+echo "  kubelet:    $(systemctl is-active kubelet || true)"
+echo
+echo "Next step:"
+echo "  Run your kubeadm join command manually on this worker."
+echo
+echo "Example hint saved to:"
+echo "  ${JOIN_HINT_FILE}"
 echo
 echo "Example:"
-echo "  kubeadm join 10.28.24.43:6443 --token <token> \\"
-echo "    --discovery-token-ca-cert-hash sha256:<hash>"
-echo
-echo "After joining, verify on the control-plane node with:"
-echo "  kubectl get nodes"
+echo "  sudo kubeadm join <CONTROL_PLANE_IP>:6443 --token <TOKEN> \\"
+echo "    --discovery-token-ca-cert-hash sha256:<HASH>"
 echo
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