Helm v3.16.0 is a feature release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.

The community keeps growing, and we'd love to see you there!

• Join the discussion in Kubernetes Slack:
  • for questions and just to hang out
  • for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
• Hang out at the Public Developer Call: Thursday, 9:30 Pacific via Zoom
• Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages

Notable Changes

• added sha512sum template function
• added ActiveHelp for cmds that don't take any more args
• drops very old Kubernetes versions support in helm create
• add --skip-schema-validation flag to helm 'install', 'upgrade' and 'lint'
• fixed bug to now use burst limit setting for discovery
• Added windows arm64 support

Installation and Upgrading

Download Helm v3.16.0. The common platform binaries are here:

• MacOS amd64 (checksum / 565e1962df910afc494ca1ade82643a881ee3cbc5e757ee00dfa36d46d673025)
• MacOS arm64 (checksum / 79af762dc5ded54f8e3216bf8d247801823c63ec4acd1d0c9a958af38db299c6)
• Linux amd64 (checksum / 327cfbc7ddc5a3eb644039ceb0cff66394628654c4f5a76bf715ed15b893983b)
• Linux arm (checksum / 73efcd63d1b7f1d9db6afc2e039e03a638fe43d3633735363184692ebc8eef02)
• Linux arm64 (checksum / fc121590b532d7f2037ae5cdd39d2b56dec96069d8bc613a08965f29a156e84f)
• Linux i386 (checksum / e51b253c97ff5e40b7b8c3433a4a489a312efc268114878e4ace30b610311295)
• Linux ppc64le (checksum / d13a4b87b31a5b50c8d93dd9988dfb312a61e56504102f466a4004e5a3ab8e9e)
• Linux s390x (checksum / c4588d53778e53e7a7e30097414d36188951449a7ab362656fb0985afa9747c4)
• Linux riscv64 (checksum / 91b48acec84814731eea724cd024f3599144a4bf4df1eb2a340d4ef43c59c08b)
• Windows amd64 (checksum / 0d43e254e7bffbbea63d4726ff5b278021678be7be9bf78568ed26e8a6ca0f70)
• Windows arm64 (checksum / d87e5ea0ceaf8df4bed32a657b9637a5ca01f0ca05a86af9b256996d64909866)

This release was signed with 208D D36E D5BB 3745 A167 43A4 C7C6 FBB5 B91C 1155 and can be found at @r6by keybase account. Please use the attached signatures for verifying this release using gpg.

The Quickstart Guide will get you going from there. For upgrade instructions or detailed installation notes, check the install guide. You can also use a script to install on any system with bash.

What's Next

• 3.16.1 is the next patch release and will be on October 09, 2024
• 3.17.0 is the next feature release and will be on January 15, 2025

Changelog

• bump version to v3.16.0 0d439e1a09683f21a0ab9401eb661401f185b00b (Matt Farina)
• Bump github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin from 0.2.5 to 0.3.1 0d12150a436eb3936c684c5b79c52a2728752a05 (dependabot[bot])
• Bump github.com/rubenv/sql-migrate from 1.6.1 to 1.7.0 b1f9f0c38b8ae258ae49250d61690029852fe69d (dependabot[bot])
• Updating sprig to latest release 6a228aa78c1262856c200ad6332273befcb503b9 (Matt Farina)
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3.26.3 to 3.26.6 e448aae04e4f8af58e02691e382f9fdd58b265bf (dependabot[bot])
• remove utc 31a1252b1ce36653aa869a1b71c38d0dea89f99d (Giulio)
• Updating to Kubernetes client libraries for 1.31.0 a539b6ad96ef8690ba3fac3b43d7e0474f036a11 (Matt Farina)
• update 39799adfb2cfd521e6b1436af4e13cb954507312 (Giulio)
• Bump github.com/evanphx/json-patch 8716c42eb7fd7dfc4443b187e59bb960dd4e27e4 (dependabot[bot])
• removing old adopter. c979992e7acd00e0d7343a8594ff25fcda99336b (Robert Sirchia)
• fixing changes as per requested. b92cc927d1e485717970121708bfd3592e9c57ab (Robert Sirchia)
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3.26.2 to 3.26.3 c58cb9a529f49829cb5de8569c0999238ff0b043 (dependabot[bot])
• ActiveHelp for cmds that don't take any more args c92cc07c1b9aca45a986ca3ce424e7be6b2ddee7 (Marc Khouzam)
• Updating the inline documentation. e72978edcfe1503f3536f0a4b3a2a24f2a8aacac (Robert Sirchia)
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3.26.1 to 3.26.2 83874d9edd7741b20103f14d2db00770605c27c8 (dependabot[bot])
• Fix linting error for pr 12876 8a26add23ff165b56f012777bbef0059210e9391 (Scott Rigby)
• Add Scott's key for releases 32875e244ebb3182d1f8cc7427660976034bc1e2 (Scott Rigby)
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3.26.0 to 3.26.1 990dbf671c57db1c3b04512c165ac53fa7941354 (dependabot[bot])
• Bump github.com/spf13/cobra from 1.8.0 to 1.8.1 a5db73b05aaa4cd1bdf4f30d4e8658045fe7d6c9 (dependabot[bot])
• Bump github.com/foxcpp/go-mockdns from 1.0.0 to 1.1.0 00caf003d8f1cdc774d5d4c7a163b2d37543818b (dependabot[bot])
• Bump the k8s-io group across 1 directory with 7 updates ac57b6099f1f8a3f08520111c30a5add71b20ccf (dependabot[bot])
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.15 to 3.26.0 5bbe19a47985f6d67d48933be777d5034e09ad17 (dependabot[bot])
• ref(create): drop old Kubernetes versions support in Ingress template f9ba3c568b1d8b84bfe67c0b461a5340d58d5401 (dnskr)
• Bump github.com/docker/docker 3a1aa217caf50041290d856010bd471dcb991247 (dependabot[bot])
• Bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 6.0.1 to 6.1.0 f293480688ea83da9e012de28e33c76b70ed7468 (dependabot[bot])
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.13 to 3.25.15 8c1bfc7c99569f6460b57a9d86ca5e7ae3077cf3 (dependabot[bot])
• verbiage c677272ca47c19e34a60898e240c8dd688e269e8 (George Jenkins)
• verbiage 04ece1f0270b9e0b5e1679af4f9b8c324859b4ea (George Jenkins)
• verbiage e1b95d5258e169029f41569fecc55cc3d5a814d5 (George Jenkins)
• Update CONTRIBUTING.md 1ea6fd5dc89af57a74a9e0e1aa502ee8404127b8 (George Jenkins)
• Update .github/pull_request_template.md 75302416201f3a7ad645232e3be2d683e3283f0d (George Jenkins)
• Update CONTRIBUTING.md 0554fdd0da5deef3574e1d65094acfadbf247c49 (George Jenkins)
• rm spurious paste b88126685092aa90a52f8bef27ccbf3a017cb63c (George Jenkins)
• docs: Introduce docs wanted label cd92c431d0ae8ed34fa31fe5fa2637b55c33bdce (George Jenkins)
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.12 to 3.25.13 856d57600d2952a9cfdf7ed47cf92118c6f55b33 (dependabot[bot])
• Move hickeyma to emeritus a5ff111193844f986be1ecd85d191ef9cc15576f (Martin Hickey)
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.11 to 3.25.12 168c48be99f334668d5f6f45019ec2a8115d3796 (dependabot[bot])
• fix repository-cache flag help description from file to directory 84cbb2c59b6b3c29ed0127608731417d09f53221 (Maor Friedman)
• Bump actions/setup-go from 5.0.1 to 5.0.2 98e2af96d5eda28be5a965ed124f5e3a69d4d397 (dependabot[bot])
• Bump github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin from 0.2.4 to 0.2.5 6dba54414087a7ac99e43affbd18f663d14d7968 (dependabot[bot])
• Bump github.com/jmoiron/sqlx from 1.3.5 to 1.4.0 10d01bce9deb4d8da365c6bef4cae67e83c8e397 (dependabot[bot])
• Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.21.0 to 0.25.0 e4c792f88422ee854a6f8060459ff96d54c2e237 (dependabot[bot])
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.10 to 3.25.11 d59d0de4a63fceb1a08e942b9ce5473313bce8a2 (dependabot[bot])
• feat(helm): add --skip-schema-validation flag to helm 'install', 'upgrade' and 'lint' acf71585657dbb6ee8400eec6dc6ddd55bd351ee (anessi)
• Fix race condition in TestInstallRelease_Wait_Interrupted test f69a2dd03e7ef7491fa7e770186a8c5ff78c77c6 (Alex Johnson)
• fix: update error handling in Configuration.Init method, add tests for the method 800c33a5aa1e676895e3c288a59f1dd6b6117469 (Suleiman Dibirov)
• fix(helm): Use burst limit setting for discovery 69362df367d6a4a620fde0d7833a805436e23506 (Evan Foster)
• fixed dependency_update_test.go 4d25dd3d8e403496065a130da92787f9fb175f0e (Suleiman Dibirov)
• fix(dependencyBuild): prevent race condition in concurrent helm dependency adeb4ca3d974936349f1980db3ac5599bac8611e (Suleiman Dibirov)
• fix: respect proxy envvars on helm install/upgrade b0603fb042c3299d16e9fdd861d3da5616e44d4a (Sidharth Menon)
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.9 to 3.25.10 b4f71678b09bb1eb8d9b5591c3f745d8a90cae46 (dependabot[bot])
• Bump actions/checkout from 4.1.1 to 4.1.7 a13a353a3e2e6f10be620607809ee871b6c151a8 (dependabot[bot])
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.8 to 3.25.9 7e6904ecdffe91cac2ca3b28f091a63d26927a75 (dependabot[bot])
• Add Syself to ADOPTERS.md 144d65eac0b36436ed627ca10a05fd23eda431f8 (Janis Kemper)
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.7 to 3.25.8 ca98970158e5008e91b19442e52e6600c021cc6a (dependabot[bot])
• Update CONTRIBUTING.MD a01f19e1f5468a853b6896fde5e300f5081f6576 (Robert Sirchia)
• Bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.6 to 3.25.7 6ae643892dd58e8af615341f20b2936a9632851a (dependabot[bot])
• chore(deps): bump github.com/opencontainers/image-spec b61a1fc546bfdd93d0c4d9cc7291adc730b4d33e (dependabot[bot])
• Bump github.com/docker/docker 6773d5b14db53c372270c2c1954ffa5e01a52619 (dependabot[bot])
• Update CONTRIBUTE.md 35e91dcb8bc224ba24b790f686abf79cf5426d12 (Robert Sirchia)
• Update CONTRIBUTING.md ae558331cfcbec16013fa77bf6df656bc49c6c5f (Evans Mungai)
• Update walk.go 30a5598f2bcef148def622ee63f6911634a7927c (Robert Sirchia)
• fix docs of DeployedAll 90df4fa4d1b4a98b1fb208b8f5fcec87dd54ccca (Daniel Strobusch)
• Fixing build issue where wrong version is used 0b64775386001ec61d02980d1218d834348b10c4 (Matt Farina)
• --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: github/codeql-action dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-patch ... 5e3100406813dbaccbc789e8a76528f88bc55802 (dependabot[bot])
• chore: Update backward compatibility section in CONTRIBUTING.md 0f026b4364f97570a34feae31e8aeeb6d1f33185 (Evans Mungai)
• chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 3.25.4 to 3.25.5 63ba35541ac670a550005f9119d1db9a2d728e59 (dependabot[bot])
• Update github.com/asaskevich/govalidator 65b03d707700b7fbfef4f45ecacbda5c44e5f392 (Shahar Harari)
• [scripts] Add windows arm64 entries in install and release notes scripts f615c1ad714e0468f98ae8e54bf6d91a77243da8 (Asmit De)
• [mk] Add windows arm64 build targets 5cef14370d14a4e0abbd5746e7ec97d21e5eb56f (Asmit De)
• chore(deps): bump golangci/golangci-lint-action from 4.0.0 to 6.0.1 e68e82d0765e96450b6051ad6d9ba7e97dc562e1 (dependabot[bot])
• Updating to k8s 1.30 d209b9ba6e8426aa3eda912575cd1ac16aa40d83 (Matt Farina)
• chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 3.24.10 to 3.25.4 abd42d413c2137ab834afe7cb3991bc95972a714 (dependabot[bot])
• bump version to v3.15.0 886e62663650025a171a836945c24a1284a1c824 (Matt Farina)
• chore(deps): bump actions/setup-go from 5.0.0 to 5.0.1 53177e06e0a3aca9265abe7f1cdcdbfdce35aca4 (dependabot[bot])
• bump oras minor version e1113206ddd675e681be95750082082b5859e845 (Austin Abro)
• Update manager_test.go ee41b5f0fcdfd34b67a374248f1502c62fb9e9ff (Jeff van Dam)
• Remove somewhat incorrect comment. f5d2ac070db449e623d336ac56ef5130d6ba5e16 (Marcin Owsiany)
• Add error details when a dependent chart's version cannot be found in a repo ac75eae98cc0d76ae4bff59e352ef2699a1f8e4d (Andreas Sommer)
• Drop unused field. a6863a64ce1f4d9e538b787d2afaa0266d79afd7 (Marcin Owsiany)
• Add ability to adopt unmanaged resources a7856c03987d714cec0525114d775afc551f0bc9 (Mario Manno)
• feat(load.go): add warning on requirements.lock 29ab5c4b026e09e4fbb462f6071c10b88b3e6ac8 (Aaron U'Ren)
• Remove Helm 2 instructions from CONTRIBUTING.md 7700be5e092f1fb425d4824be7256c3c077237aa (George Jenkins)
• fix typo in load_plugins.go 7fbde331092329d1103c62cfd60398019b8e65a0 (yxxhero)
• Remove circleci configuration b9e6dd4dc5fb79eba64b8558a2c8e2bc0d4be422 (Matt Farina)
• chore(deps): bump github.com/rubenv/sql-migrate from 1.5.2 to 1.6.1 b1ca05a167e40a83cd099a9444b1bc6d374c3f90 (dependabot[bot])
• bump version to f4c37e7db525fe198ce05228524188f41b9c9d5c (Matt Farina)
• fix: wrong cli description bf4d6f290bce58388e38d4ec1b8be5621ed5623c (yyzxw)
• Added support for hiding notes from install/upgrade output 0c541398f2ff9f3aef6fc62b7ed36df9398e1636 (Miles Wilson)
• Made urls key more specific 183f01b32c9bcf520ca17128309347753bae2d6f (Jeff van Dam)
• Update chart_downloader.go e5fdaa1c6538d36eea81249500c72cd3f2ed3f98 (Jeff van Dam)
• Update chart_downloader.go 13b9c679f6329fdeac5d827bfdd149fb04594b3b (Jeff van Dam)
• Improve helm dependency update performance 1ce79398388c778480963bf952495c11da2f94af (JvD_Ericsson)
• Improve helm dependency update performance 8c80f581963c4bd642b64d96baf00ee757051ba7 (JvD_Ericsson)