# Helm v4.1.3 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Helm (https://helm.sh)
- **Version:** v4.1.3
- **Released:** Mar 11, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/helm/updates/v4.1.3/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Helm v4.1.3. Source highlight: Helm v4.1.3 is a patch release. Users are encouraged to upgrade for the best experience.

## New Features
- add image index test 4967ead76215e2ea694c37164d14520da9ba8bde (Pedro Tôrres)
- update: test coverage added for helper function validateNameAndGenerateName 29e45067f3f5a772c1400eb756605ba3bc615176 (Mujib Ahasan)
- update: helper function added for the business logic d55b0b9022017aa7a5005d1c6bdc049872bc37f7 (Mujib Ahasan)

## Bug Fixes
- for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
- Test, debug, and contribute charts: ArtifactHub/packages
- Fixed a bug where --dry-run=server was not respecting generateName #31563
- Fixed a bug where empty CRD resources caused a crash. Now it prints an error #31578
- Fixed a bug where OCI references with tag+digest failed with "invalid byte" error #31601
- Fixed a bug where user-provided nil value was not preserved when chart has an empty map or no default for a key #31644