Problem with renew certificates - The request message was malformed :: Method not allowed

Yes. You'll need to upgrade. Also note that without an update this version will also not function correctly with the production API after Nov 1st, 2020.

For what it's worth we frequently block outdated versions of cert-manager. Older versions have bugs that can result in extraordinary amounts of API traffic being sent to Let's Encrypt. See: Blocking old cert-manager versions

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