diff --git a/Release.toml b/Release.toml
index 1098a437e51..95aae94ddfa 100644
--- a/Release.toml
+++ b/Release.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version = "1.65.0"
+version = "1.66.0"
 
 [migrations]
 "(0.3.1, 0.3.2)" = ["migrate_v0.3.2_admin-container-v0-5-0.lz4"]
@@ -480,3 +480,6 @@ version = "1.65.0"
     "migrate_v1.64.0_hugepages-settings.lz4"
 ]
 "(1.64.0, 1.65.0)" = []
+"(1.65.0, 1.66.0)" = [
+    "migrate_v1.66.0_nvidia-driver-branch-setting.lz4"
+]
diff --git a/Twoliter.toml b/Twoliter.toml
index 200ddc44edf..2ca1158e45b 100644
--- a/Twoliter.toml
+++ b/Twoliter.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 schema-version = 2
-release-version = "1.65.0"
+release-version = "1.66.0"
 project-vendor = "Bottlerocket"
 
 [vendor.bottlerocket]
diff --git a/sources/Cargo.toml b/sources/Cargo.toml
index 04d5695a8ce..a98e7a84335 100644
--- a/sources/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sources/Cargo.toml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ members = [
     "settings-migrations/v1.63.0/nvidia-k8s-device-plugin-enabled",
     "settings-migrations/v1.64.0/kubernetes-container-runtime-endpoint",
     "settings-migrations/v1.64.0/hugepages-settings",
+    "settings-migrations/v1.66.0/nvidia-driver-branch-setting",
 
     "settings-plugins/aws-dev",
     "settings-plugins/aws-ecs-2",
diff --git a/sources/settings-defaults/aws-ecs-2-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml b/sources/settings-defaults/aws-ecs-2-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..b3652b7d460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/settings-defaults/aws-ecs-2-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../shared-defaults/nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sources/settings-defaults/aws-ecs-3-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml b/sources/settings-defaults/aws-ecs-3-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..b3652b7d460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/settings-defaults/aws-ecs-3-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../shared-defaults/nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sources/settings-defaults/aws-ecs-4-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml b/sources/settings-defaults/aws-ecs-4-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..b3652b7d460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/settings-defaults/aws-ecs-4-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../shared-defaults/nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sources/settings-defaults/aws-k8s-1.31-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml b/sources/settings-defaults/aws-k8s-1.31-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..b3652b7d460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/settings-defaults/aws-k8s-1.31-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../shared-defaults/nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sources/settings-defaults/aws-k8s-1.32-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml b/sources/settings-defaults/aws-k8s-1.32-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..b3652b7d460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/settings-defaults/aws-k8s-1.32-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../shared-defaults/nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sources/settings-defaults/aws-k8s-1.33-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml b/sources/settings-defaults/aws-k8s-1.33-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..b3652b7d460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/settings-defaults/aws-k8s-1.33-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../shared-defaults/nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sources/settings-defaults/aws-k8s-1.34-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml b/sources/settings-defaults/aws-k8s-1.34-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..b3652b7d460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/settings-defaults/aws-k8s-1.34-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../shared-defaults/nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sources/settings-defaults/aws-k8s-1.35-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml b/sources/settings-defaults/aws-k8s-1.35-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..b3652b7d460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/settings-defaults/aws-k8s-1.35-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../shared-defaults/nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sources/settings-defaults/aws-mantle-1-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml b/sources/settings-defaults/aws-mantle-1-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..b3652b7d460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/settings-defaults/aws-mantle-1-nvidia/defaults.d/84-nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../shared-defaults/nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sources/settings-migrations/v1.66.0/nvidia-driver-branch-setting/Cargo.toml b/sources/settings-migrations/v1.66.0/nvidia-driver-branch-setting/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..112ee27fe36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/settings-migrations/v1.66.0/nvidia-driver-branch-setting/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[package]
+name = "nvidia-driver-branch-setting"
+version = "0.1.0"
+license = "Apache-2.0 OR MIT"
+edition = "2021"
+publish = false
+exclude = ["README.md"]
+
+[dependencies]
+migration-helpers.workspace = true
diff --git a/sources/settings-migrations/v1.66.0/nvidia-driver-branch-setting/src/main.rs b/sources/settings-migrations/v1.66.0/nvidia-driver-branch-setting/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a7c04afce2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/settings-migrations/v1.66.0/nvidia-driver-branch-setting/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use migration_helpers::common_migrations::AddSettingsMigration;
+use migration_helpers::{migrate, Result};
+use std::process;
+
+/// We added a new setting for pinning the NVIDIA driver branch (lts/pb) on
+/// dual-branch images:
+/// - settings.kernel.drivers.nvidia.branch
+fn run() -> Result<()> {
+    migrate(AddSettingsMigration(&[
+        "settings.kernel.drivers.nvidia.branch",
+    ]))
+}
+
+// Returning a Result from main makes it print a Debug representation of the error, but with Snafu
+// we have nice Display representations of the error, so we wrap "main" (run) and print any error.
+// https://github.com/shepmaster/snafu/issues/110
+fn main() {
+    if let Err(e) = run() {
+        eprintln!("{e}");
+        process::exit(1);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sources/shared-defaults/nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml b/sources/shared-defaults/nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2ea4ccd9c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/shared-defaults/nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# On NVIDIA variants that do not support multi-driver (no nvidia-dual-branch
+# image feature), settings.kernel.drivers.nvidia.branch has no effect. Emit a
+# deprecation warning when it is set, via the templated deprecation-warning timer.
+[metadata.settings.kernel.drivers.nvidia.branch]
+affected-services = ["nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation"]
+
+[services.nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation]
+configuration-files = ["nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation"]
+restart-commands = ["systemctl restart deprecation-warning@nvidia-driver-branch.timer"]
+
+[configuration-files.nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation]
+path = "/etc/deprecated-settings/nvidia-driver-branch"
+template-path = "/usr/share/templates/nvidia-driver-branch-deprecation"