# Helm v3.20.1 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Helm (https://helm.sh)
- **Version:** v3.20.1
- **Released:** Mar 12, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/helm/updates/v3.20.1/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Helm v3.20.1. Source highlight: Helm v3.20.1 is a patch release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.

## New Features
- add image index test 90e10564f7ae746a153f3a03006e7061a54ad490 (Pedro Tôrres)

## Bug Fixes
- for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
- Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages
- 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
- 4.1.4 and 3.20.2 are the next patch releases and will be on April 8, 2026
- fix pulling charts from OCI indices 911f2e908ae40b01ca95b857e94b8894043f64fd (Pedro Tôrres)