Helm v3.20.1

Helm v3.20.1 is a patch release. 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) ## Notable Changes - Backport of #31644: Fixed a bug where user-provided nil value was not preserved when chart has an empty map or no default for a key - Backport of #31601: Fixed a bug where OCI references with tag+digest failed with "invalid byte" error ## Installation and Upgrading Download Helm v3.20.1. The common platform binaries are here: - [MacOS amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-darwin-amd64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-darwin-amd64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 580515b544d5c966edc6f782c9ae88e21a9e10c786a7d6c5fd4b52613f321076) - [MacOS arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-darwin-arm64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-darwin-arm64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 75cc96ac3fe8b8b9928eb051e55698e98d1e026967b6bffe4f0f3c538a551b65) - [Linux amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 0165ee4a2db012cc657381001e593e981f42aa5707acdd50658326790c9d0dc3) - [Linux arm](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-linux-arm.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-linux-arm.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 758375df78fb8f91f4056244bda539710a73be79284b24b4bdad68384348ca33) - [Linux arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 56b9d1b0e0efbb739be6e68a37860ace8ec9c7d3e6424e3b55d4c459bc3a0401) - [Linux i386](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-linux-386.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-linux-386.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 22b350307d5e5897b3a14f096cb6b2212cc03c22ba29ab7b4ee3e64ab9f3f190) - [Linux ppc64le](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 77b7d9bc62b209c044b873bc773055c5c0d17ef055e54c683f33209ebbe8883c) - [Linux s390x](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-linux-s390x.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-linux-s390x.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 3c43d45149a425c7bf15ba3653ddee13e7b1a4dd6d4534397b6f317f83c51b58) - [Linux riscv64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-linux-riscv64.tar.gz) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-linux-riscv64.tar.gz.sha256sum) / 0eeae246112b4780e61651f9fbe6d778eebf8c8eccca590139b97d167d1b8aeb) - [Windows amd64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-windows-amd64.zip) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-windows-amd64.zip.sha256sum) / 16d5256f4c2cde0745acb922ba88b7759dfced4bf547b99381084211f81c8629) - [Windows arm64](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-windows-arm64.zip) ([checksum](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.20.1-windows-arm64.zip.sha256sum) / 2aac2b87e92c32d44aa81c6412286d9db7e43b22b4c8ac112b68cf69185429bd) This release was signed with `208D D36E D5BB 3745 A167 43A4 C7C6 FBB5 B91C 1155` and can be found at @scottrigby [keybase account](https://keybase.io/r6by). 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 - 4.2.0 and 3.21.0 are the next minor releases and will be on May 13, 2026 - 4.1.4 and 3.20.2 are the next patch releases and will be on April 8, 2026 ## Changelog - chore(deps): bump the k8s-io group with 7 updates a2369ca71c0ef633bf6e4fccd66d634eb379b371 (dependabot[bot]) - add image index test 90e10564f7ae746a153f3a03006e7061a54ad490 (Pedro Tôrres) - fix pulling charts from OCI indices 911f2e908ae40b01ca95b857e94b8894043f64fd (Pedro Tôrres) - Remove refactorring changes from coalesce_test.go 76dad33fb1a2b6451920429b4f5f2dd575ea71bb (Evans Mungai) - Fix import 45c12f71407b6054a37d3e425d5293ee79a1ab37 (Evans Mungai) - Update pkg/chart/common/util/coalesce_test.go 26c6f19f967941dbe53bfb5e52d419b3b3e46075 (Evans Mungai) - Fix lint warning 09f5129d49a14c9336cea6f33adf5f52889915ef (Evans Mungai) - Preserve nil values in chart already 417deb2b6b7504357b0f580b76f5eed1bb8a5270 (Evans Mungai) - fix(values): preserve nil values when chart default is empty map 5417bfaa84871feae9c8171f192e2f9796475054 (Evans Mungai)