# Helm v3.17.1 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Helm (https://helm.sh)
- **Version:** v3.17.1
- **Released:** Feb 12, 2025
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/helm/updates/v3.17.1/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Helm v3.17.1. Source highlight: Helm v3.17.1 is a patch release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.

## New Features
- add test for nullifying nested global value 980d8ac1939e39138101364400756af2bdee1da5 (Ryan Hockstad)
- Add test case for removing an entire object c23e3b6c495658bb1eec04b32c8e4bfc5ef4dd60 (Ryan Hockstad)

## Bug Fixes
- for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
- Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages
- 3.17.2 is the next patch release and will be on March 12, 2025
- Tests for bugfix: Override subcharts with null values #12879 3110d5ff63a0edcf6decac8288106b55a6f41760 (Scott Rigby)
- fix: check group for resource info match a2d36029d5dba292073d23acea2ef59cfb429ee9 (Jiasheng Zhu)