diff --git a/Dockerfile.gitlab-charts-build-base b/Dockerfile.gitlab-charts-build-base
index 7d74eb8..90ed420 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.gitlab-charts-build-base
+++ b/Dockerfile.gitlab-charts-build-base
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM ruby:2.4.5-alpine
 MAINTAINER GitLab Distribution Team
 
-ENV HELM_VERSION=2.15.2
+ENV HELM_VERSION=2.16.1
 ENV HELM_URL=https://kubernetes-helm.storage.googleapis.com/helm-v${HELM_VERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 
 # kubectl (possibly in gcloud?)