[r1.3.0 cherry-pick] commit_id=[b350b19] (#4348)

* Update RELEASE.md

* Update version.py

* Update dependencies.py

* Update RELEASE.md

* Extends the maximum version of google-cloud-aiplatform to all 1.x versions.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 399573324

* Update version.py

* Uses images in GCR to speed up the test runs on GCP.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 400071491

Co-authored-by: jiyongjung <jiyongjung@google.com>

Author: dhruvesh09

tfx/orchestration/kubeflow/test_utils.py

@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class HelloWorldComponent(BaseComponent):
   EXECUTOR_SPEC = executor_specs.TemplatedExecutorContainerSpec(
       # TODO(b/143965964): move the image to private repo if the test is flaky
       # due to docker hub.
-      image='google/cloud-sdk:latest',
+      image='gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/cloud-sdk:latest',
       command=['sh', '-c'],
       args=[
           'echo "hello ' +

tfx/orchestration/test_pipelines/download_grep_print_pipeline.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     # The component code uses gsutil to upload the data to GCS, so the
     # container image needs to have gsutil installed and configured.
     # Fixing b/150670779 by merging cl/294536017 will lift this limitation.
-    image='google/cloud-sdk:278.0.0',
+    image='gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/cloud-sdk:278.0.0',
     command=[
         'sh', '-exc',
         '''
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     # The component code uses gsutil to upload the data to GCS, so the
     # container image needs to have gsutil installed and configured.
     # Fixing b/150670779 by merging cl/294536017 will lift this limitation.
-    image='google/cloud-sdk:278.0.0',
+    image='gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/cloud-sdk:278.0.0',
     command=[
         'sh', '-exc',
         '''
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
     # The component code uses gsutil to upload the data to GCS, so the
     # container image needs to have gsutil installed and configured.
     # Fixing b/150670779 by merging cl/294536017 will lift this limitation.
-    image='google/cloud-sdk:278.0.0',
+    image='gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/cloud-sdk:278.0.0',
     command=[
         'sh', '-exc',
         '''