Helm v3.18.1 is a patch release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.
Notes:
- This release fixes regressions around template generation and OCI registry interaction in 3.18.0
- There are at least 2 known regressions unaddressed in this release. They are being worked on.
- Empty registry configuration files. When the file exists but it is empty.
- Login to Docker Hub on some domains fails.
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
Installation and Upgrading
Download Helm v3.18.1. The common platform binaries are here:
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
- 3.18.2 will contain only bug fixes.
- 3.19.0 on September 11th, 2025 is the next feature release.
Changelog
- fix(client): skipnode utilization for PreCopy f6f8700a539c18101509434f3b59e6a21402a1b2 (Brandt Keller)
- fix(client): layers now returns manifest - remove duplicate from descriptors 4da701593f8c8a137fc36a95f9e9ecfe1d01528f (Brandt Keller)
- fix(client): return nil on non-allowed media types 1a8507fd5ad910f466accfd1c784ed0c333c343a (Brandt Keller)
- Prevent fetching newReference again as we have in calling method 015531ca4f386a6fee6c9f48eae63124d19c76a7 (Benoit Tigeot)
- Prevent failure when resolving version tags in oras memory store 9db1a120f9f7404044cc4619ea7379b430004e36 (Benoit Tigeot)
- Update pkg/plugin/plugin.go e8bfa0eed689ee822c6ba9b4bcae45ecdb36b671 (Benoit Tigeot)
- Update pkg/plugin/plugin.go 24b44902a266f911617105273d4afd16f25f4aaf (Benoit Tigeot)
- Wait for Helm v4 before raising when platformCommand and Command are set 7e8f53421a184125cf988814206237ce01d95139 (Benoit Tigeot)
- Fix 3.18.0 regression: registry login with scheme ea04cea48bf2b312e506ae03c412c6fd95929c5c (Scott Rigby)
- Revert "fix (helm) : toToml` renders int as float [ backport to v3 ]" bec66098fdb4ac37298f46701a2d5b28e5776b72 (Matt Farina)