diff --git a/k8s-tools/Dockerfile b/k8s-tools/Dockerfile
index 2844c24b..2a2c7baa 100644
--- a/k8s-tools/Dockerfile
+++ b/k8s-tools/Dockerfile
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ RUN echo "Computed sha256sum: $(sha256sum ${KUBECTL_FILENAME})" \
     && echo "${KUBECTL_SUM}  ${KUBECTL_FILENAME}" | sha256sum -c -
 
 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=helm/helm
-ENV HELM_VERSION 3.14.4
+ENV HELM_VERSION 3.16.3
 ENV HELM_SUM a5844ef2c38ef6ddf3b5a8f7d91e7e0e8ebc39a38bb3fc8013d629c1ef29c259
 ENV HELM_FILENAME helm-v${HELM_VERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 ADD https://get.helm.sh/helm-v${HELM_VERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz .
diff --git a/k8s-tools/k8s-tools_spec.rb b/k8s-tools/k8s-tools_spec.rb
index dec05793..b3bf4d23 100644
--- a/k8s-tools/k8s-tools_spec.rb
+++ b/k8s-tools/k8s-tools_spec.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 KUSTOMIZE_VERSION="5.0.3" # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=kubernetes-sigs/kustomize
 KAPP_VERSION="0.63.3" # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=k14s/kapp
 KUBECTL_VERSION="1.28.15" # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=kubernetes/kubectl
-HELM_VERSION="3.14.4" # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=helm/helm
+HELM_VERSION="3.16.3" # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=helm/helm
 KUTTL_VERSION="0.19.0" # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=kudobuilder/kuttl
 RUBY_VERSION = "3.1"