# Helm v3.21.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Helm (https://helm.sh)
- **Version:** v3.21.0
- **Released:** May 14, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/helm/updates/v3.21.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Helm v3.21.0. Source highlight: Helm v3.21.0 is a feature release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.

## New Features
- 3.22.0 is the next feature release for Kubernetes v1.37
- add image index test b0dfec5af4d7f642d8dea3b9058856541fe5017c (Pedro Tôrres)

## Bug Fixes
- for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
- Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages
- 3.21.1 will contain only bug fixes.
- fix: upgrade opentelemetry packages to patch CVEs 13d5fc4ae0e7222e1af8796ff4fa467b52208471 (Terry Howe)
- fix: Chart dot-name path bug 2552884e3bc1b763c3901c5ea7240b59ef6791f1 (George Jenkins)
- fix: pin codeql-action/upload-sarif to commit SHA in scorecards workflow ec05dd5f0481c2de3a41a554adf3c52a6a2a9bb6 (Terry Howe)