Impact Score: 5/10
Helm v3.16.3
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Helm v3.16.3. Source highlight: Helm v3.16.3 is a patch release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
๐ป Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
๐ Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
โ๏ธ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
โจ New Features & Capabilities (1)
- 3.17.0 is the next feature release and will be on January 15, 2025
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
- Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages
- 3.16.4 is the next patch release and will be on December 11, 2024
- fix: fix label name cfd07493f46efc9debd9cc1b02a0961186df7fdf (wangjingcun)
- Fix typo in pkg/lint/rules/chartfile_test.go a303060fc60bc713cd0757503b3fcb4636b14f34 (Zach Burgess)
- fix(hooks): correct hooks delete order 19fe320ae87e8d1d4bc1952d9da8ea2fe435aa6e (Suleiman Dibirov)
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
Helm v3.16.3 is a patch release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience. 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](https://kubernetes.slack.com):
- 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](https://zoom.us/j/696660622)
- Test, debug, and contribute charts: [ArtifactHub/packages](https://artifacthub.io/packages/search?kind=0)
## Installation and Upgrading
Download Helm v3.16.3. The common platform binaries are here:
- [MacOS amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-darwin-amd64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-darwin-amd64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 495d75b404a96fb664f1ca3f8cb01db2210aacc62dbfa1bbab30916abbb20a57)
- [MacOS arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-darwin-arm64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-darwin-arm64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 3a39f690173086e6eea17674751eb3c8b970c02697e49cecd4093eaa3cf89dcd)
- [Linux amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / f5355c79190951eed23c5432a3b920e071f4c00a64f75e077de0dd4cb7b294ea)
- [Linux arm](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-linux-arm.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-linux-arm.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 02ba2f3b1524113f49be6df25a0b4b3190010d6e218c8e2b2fde4578a8439a9c)
- [Linux arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-linux-arm64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-linux-arm64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 5bd34ed774df6914b323ff84a0a156ea6ff2ba1eaf0113962fa773f3f9def798)
- [Linux i386](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-linux-386.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-linux-386.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 70318f60fec3219680fff86c9293e2a92fb8b9a691d41791661074588f22768e)
- [Linux ppc64le](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 266f7698c56a724fddd3a2f2b862ad496c4338dce79f0282fdbc6e23e1738608)
- [Linux s390x](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-linux-s390x.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-linux-s390x.tar.gz.sha256sum) / bac414c409faead9c2b8af11d29281aa4f1aeb9139c62d5178baf982d71fc9bb)
- [Linux riscv64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-linux-riscv64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-linux-riscv64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 492843d2584bb14bd38a735a9708af2d7f3ea7e1b6c43e650968f16fce0b5064)
- [Windows amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-windows-amd64.zip) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-windows-amd64.zip.sha256sum) / 1a52aa56e55168c3d3d2e45fa833a32290e4e3790559851dce1e707eb7728b81)
- [Windows arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-windows-arm64.zip) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.3-windows-arm64.zip.sha256sum) / 247a63269a83bb73c14e8f62b0cfd5a2e1d32b7d3f93977d3a6ef3902d218ff1)
This release was signed with `672C 657B E06B 4B30 969C 4A57 4614 49C2 5E36 B98E ` and can be found at @mattfarina [keybase account](https://keybase.io/mattfarina). Please use the attached signatures for verifying this release using `gpg`.
The [Quickstart Guide](https://helm.sh/docs/intro/quickstart/) will get you going from there. For **upgrade instructions** or detailed installation notes, check the [install guide](https://helm.sh/docs/intro/install/). You can also use a [script to install](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3) on any system with `bash`.
## What's Next
- 3.16.4 is the next patch release and will be on December 11, 2024
- 3.17.0 is the next feature release and will be on January 15, 2025
## Changelog
- fix: fix label name cfd07493f46efc9debd9cc1b02a0961186df7fdf (wangjingcun)
- Fix typo in pkg/lint/rules/chartfile_test.go a303060fc60bc713cd0757503b3fcb4636b14f34 (Zach Burgess)
- Increasing the size of the runner used for releases. ab45e8a861e929e40163a7ad5a8636cb41f381ac (Matt Farina)
- fix(hooks): correct hooks delete order 19fe320ae87e8d1d4bc1952d9da8ea2fe435aa6e (Suleiman Dibirov)
- Bump github.com/containerd/containerd from 1.7.12 to 1.7.23 4fcc5c2cadf49d1399adfdbc5ab7222b2dff1d5b (dependabot[bot])