Helm v3.18.6stable Released Aug 19, 2025
Impact Score: 5/10

Helm v3.18.6

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โšก Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Helm v3.18.6. Source highlight: Helm v3.18.6 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)

๐Ÿ’ป Software Engineers & Devs

Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.

๐Ÿ“Š Product & Engineering Leads

Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.

โš™๏ธ DevOps & Security

Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.

๐Ÿ”ง Bug Fixes & Patches (5)

  • for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
  • Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages
  • fix(helm-lint): fmt b76a950f6835474e0906b96c9ec68a2eff3a6430 (Isaiah Lewis)
  • fix(helm-lint): Add TLSClientConfig b79a4212e803ad50c66f06799b8bbdb51f918603 (Isaiah Lewis)
  • fix(helm-lint): Add HTTP/HTTPS URL support for json schema references b9180e674fccb57e6ea6934ed7deb4448a3c9ddb (Isaiah Lewis)
๐Ÿ“„ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
Helm v3.18.6 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 v3.18.6. The common platform binaries are here: - [MacOS amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-darwin-amd64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-darwin-amd64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 80cad0470e38cf25731cdead7c32dfbeb887bc177bd6fa01e31b065722f8f06b) - [MacOS arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-darwin-arm64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-darwin-arm64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 48e30d236a1f334c6acb78501be5a851eaa2a267fefeb1131b6484eb2f9f30d7) - [Linux amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-linux-amd64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-linux-amd64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 3f43c0aa57243852dd542493a0f54f1396c0bc8ec7296bbb2c01e802010819ce) - [Linux arm](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-linux-arm.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-linux-arm.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 13156fbe87a9db201b7d8fd0b42dee2a2e76a77388ea3bd59e3074cfa49d3619) - [Linux arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-linux-arm64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-linux-arm64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 5b8e00b6709caab466cbbb0bc29ee09059b8dc9417991dd04b497530e49b1737) - [Linux i386](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-linux-386.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-linux-386.tar.gz.sha256sum) / d245db7c80edaf47bc42d3fab0b79d2e75d63fa49d06bc0ca599686ebdbd1422) - [Linux ppc64le](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 61eac730dac2029d7acf1c53bd0b1056f78ca2c3f915da7fa3995e74c021eae8) - [Linux s390x](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-linux-s390x.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-linux-s390x.tar.gz.sha256sum) / c6435c220b2577abea11ee9281fda8a5164583fb1f502702f6ef5c2b4347e38f) - [Linux riscv64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-linux-riscv64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-linux-riscv64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / cea696b01b66fad76b24d9ef28a86802b0931cbc25cec687e8469589438995eb) - [Windows amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-windows-amd64.zip) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-windows-amd64.zip.sha256sum) / 4263320a8d70df0bb1e245534fba1b541f9889005cdb68dec9798b197c3f66b0) - [Windows arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-windows-arm64.zip) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-windows-arm64.zip.sha256sum) / fdff469f270d8a155d9289843b92f7b00b2ca353b8ec61532e920eeb3fc2b480) 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 - 3.19.0 is the next minor release and will be on September 11, 2025 ## Changelog - fix(helm-lint): fmt b76a950f6835474e0906b96c9ec68a2eff3a6430 (Isaiah Lewis) - fix(helm-lint): Add TLSClientConfig b79a4212e803ad50c66f06799b8bbdb51f918603 (Isaiah Lewis) - fix(helm-lint): Add HTTP/HTTPS URL support for json schema references b9180e674fccb57e6ea6934ed7deb4448a3c9ddb (Isaiah Lewis)