diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b7f4317bd73b..818ffdd63bea 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ KVM_GO_VERSION ?= $(GO_VERSION:.0=)
 
 
 INSTALL_SIZE ?= $(shell du out/minikube-windows-amd64.exe | cut -f1)
-BUILDROOT_BRANCH ?= 2020.02.12
+BUILDROOT_BRANCH ?= 2021.02.4
 REGISTRY ?= gcr.io/k8s-minikube
 
 # Get git commit id
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ MINIKUBE_BUCKET ?= minikube/releases
 MINIKUBE_UPLOAD_LOCATION := gs://${MINIKUBE_BUCKET}
 MINIKUBE_RELEASES_URL=https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases/download
 
-KERNEL_VERSION ?= 4.19.182
+KERNEL_VERSION ?= 4.19.202
 # latest from https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases 
 # update this only by running `make update-golint-version`
 GOLINT_VERSION ?= v1.41.1
@@ -282,8 +282,6 @@ minikube_iso: deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/coreos/minikube/rootfs-overlay/usr/b
 		git clone --depth=1 --branch=$(BUILDROOT_BRANCH) https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot $(BUILD_DIR)/buildroot; \
 	fi;
 	$(MAKE) BR2_EXTERNAL=../../deploy/iso/minikube-iso minikube_defconfig -C $(BUILD_DIR)/buildroot
-	mkdir -p $(BUILD_DIR)/buildroot/output/build
-	echo "module buildroot.org/go" > $(BUILD_DIR)/buildroot/output/build/go.mod
 	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILD_DIR)/buildroot host-python
 	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILD_DIR)/buildroot
 	mv $(BUILD_DIR)/buildroot/output/images/rootfs.iso9660 $(BUILD_DIR)/minikube.iso
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/coreos/minikube/patches/go/1.15.15/dist-generate-stub-go.mod-in-workdir.patch b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/coreos/minikube/patches/go/1.15.15/dist-generate-stub-go.mod-in-workdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1cdd0b593658
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/coreos/minikube/patches/go/1.15.15/dist-generate-stub-go.mod-in-workdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+From 2b512af2ddaae01926fdcc9056b71017cac2a8d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@google.com>
+Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 16:44:46 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] dist: generate stub go.mod in workdir
+
+(cherry picked from commit c6374f516206c02b905d0d76ee1a66dab6fcd212)
+---
+ src/cmd/dist/build.go | 26 ++++++--------------------
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/cmd/dist/build.go b/src/cmd/dist/build.go
+index 9e2b4f33b8..e5a7f9e9c4 100644
+--- a/src/cmd/dist/build.go
++++ b/src/cmd/dist/build.go
+@@ -110,9 +110,6 @@ func xinit() {
+ 		fatalf("$GOROOT must be set")
+ 	}
+ 	goroot = filepath.Clean(b)
+-	if modRoot := findModuleRoot(goroot); modRoot != "" {
+-		fatalf("found go.mod file in %s: $GOROOT must not be inside a module", modRoot)
+-	}
+ 
+ 	b = os.Getenv("GOROOT_FINAL")
+ 	if b == "" {
+@@ -244,6 +241,9 @@ func xinit() {
+ 	os.Setenv("LANGUAGE", "en_US.UTF8")
+ 
+ 	workdir = xworkdir()
++	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(pathf("%s/go.mod", workdir), []byte("module bootstrap"), 0666); err != nil {
++		fatalf("cannot write stub go.mod: %s", err)
++	}
+ 	xatexit(rmworkdir)
+ 
+ 	tooldir = pathf("%s/pkg/tool/%s_%s", goroot, gohostos, gohostarch)
+@@ -1484,11 +1484,11 @@ func goCmd(goBinary string, cmd string, args ...string) {
+ 		goCmd = append(goCmd, "-p=1")
+ 	}
+ 
+-	run(goroot, ShowOutput|CheckExit, append(goCmd, args...)...)
++	run(workdir, ShowOutput|CheckExit, append(goCmd, args...)...)
+ }
+ 
+ func checkNotStale(goBinary string, targets ...string) {
+-	out := run(goroot, CheckExit,
++	out := run(workdir, CheckExit,
+ 		append([]string{
+ 			goBinary,
+ 			"list", "-gcflags=all=" + gogcflags, "-ldflags=all=" + goldflags,
+@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@ func checkNotStale(goBinary string, targets ...string) {
+ 		os.Setenv("GODEBUG", "gocachehash=1")
+ 		for _, target := range []string{"runtime/internal/sys", "cmd/dist", "cmd/link"} {
+ 			if strings.Contains(out, "STALE "+target) {
+-				run(goroot, ShowOutput|CheckExit, goBinary, "list", "-f={{.ImportPath}} {{.Stale}}", target)
++				run(workdir, ShowOutput|CheckExit, goBinary, "list", "-f={{.ImportPath}} {{.Stale}}", target)
+ 				break
+ 			}
+ 		}
+@@ -1590,20 +1590,6 @@ func checkCC() {
+ 	}
+ }
+ 
+-func findModuleRoot(dir string) (root string) {
+-	for {
+-		if fi, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(dir, "go.mod")); err == nil && !fi.IsDir() {
+-			return dir
+-		}
+-		d := filepath.Dir(dir)
+-		if d == dir {
+-			break
+-		}
+-		dir = d
+-	}
+-	return ""
+-}
+-
+ func defaulttarg() string {
+ 	// xgetwd might return a path with symlinks fully resolved, and if
+ 	// there happens to be symlinks in goroot, then the hasprefix test
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/coreos/minikube/rootfs-overlay/etc/sysctl.d/90-cilium-rp_filter.conf b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/coreos/minikube/rootfs-overlay/etc/sysctl.d/90-cilium-rp_filter.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aa285916a512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/board/coreos/minikube/rootfs-overlay/etc/sysctl.d/90-cilium-rp_filter.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+net.ipv4.conf.lxc*.rp_filter = 0
+net.ipv4.conf.cilium_*.rp_filter = 0
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/configs/minikube_defconfig b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/configs/minikube_defconfig
index dcae296ff5f9..66d93212679e 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/configs/minikube_defconfig
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/configs/minikube_defconfig
@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@ BR2_ROOTFS_USERS_TABLES="$(BR2_EXTERNAL_MINIKUBE_PATH)/board/coreos/minikube/use
 BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="$(BR2_EXTERNAL_MINIKUBE_PATH)/board/coreos/minikube/rootfs-overlay"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="4.19.182"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="4.19.202"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="$(BR2_EXTERNAL_MINIKUBE_PATH)/board/coreos/minikube/linux_defconfig"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_LZ4=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_LIBELF=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_GZIP=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_LZ4=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_XZ=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_STRACE=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_SYSDIG=y
@@ -37,6 +36,9 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_SSHFS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_XFSPROGS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_PARTED=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_SYSSTAT=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_LUAJIT=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_LZ4=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_LZ4_PROGS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_CA_CERTIFICATES=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_BIN=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL_CURL=y
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_LOGIND=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_MACHINED=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_TAR=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LOSETUP=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_NOLOGIN=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_NSENTER=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_SCHEDUTILS=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_GZIP=y