# Helm v3.16.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Helm (https://helm.sh)
- **Version:** v3.16.0
- **Released:** Sep 11, 2024
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/helm/updates/v3.16.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Helm v3.16.0. Source highlight: Helm v3.16.0 is a feature release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.

## New Features
- added sha512sum template function
- added ActiveHelp for cmds that don't take any more args
- add --skip-schema-validation flag to helm 'install', 'upgrade' and 'lint'
- Added windows arm64 support
- 3.17.0 is the next feature release and will be on January 15, 2025
- Add Scott's key for releases 32875e244ebb3182d1f8cc7427660976034bc1e2 (Scott Rigby)

## Improvements
- Improve helm dependency update performance 1ce79398388c778480963bf952495c11da2f94af (JvD_Ericsson)
- Improve helm dependency update performance 8c80f581963c4bd642b64d96baf00ee757051ba7 (JvD_Ericsson)

## Bug Fixes
- for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
- Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages
- fixed bug to now use burst limit setting for discovery
- 3.16.1 is the next patch release and will be on October 09, 2024
- Bump github.com/evanphx/json-patch 8716c42eb7fd7dfc4443b187e59bb960dd4e27e4 (dependabot[bot])
- Fix linting error for pr 12876 8a26add23ff165b56f012777bbef0059210e9391 (Scott Rigby)