kube-prometheus-stack is distributed as a single Helm chart under the prometheus-community organization on GitHub — full path prometheus-community/kube-prometheus-stack. Understanding how the chart itself is structured, how its CRDs are versioned, and how Helm upgrades interact with those CRDs is essential once you go beyond a first install.
This category is dedicated to the packaging layer: the chart's repository, its release cadence, how to pin and upgrade versions safely, and the quirks of managing Custom Resource Definitions that Helm does not automatically update on upgrade.
A safe, step-by-step process for upgrading kube-prometheus-stack — checking versions, updating CRDs before Helm does, and reading release notes without breaking your cluster.
Read ArticleThe most complete kube-prometheus-stack Helm chart documentation for 2026. Installation, values.yaml configuration, CRDs, upgrading, production best practices — everything in one place.
Read ArticleVery frequently — the prometheus-community maintainers ship new chart versions on a rolling basis as Prometheus, Grafana, and the Operator each release updates upstream, often multiple times a month.
Yes — pass --version to helm install or helm upgrade with the exact chart version from helm search repo prometheus-community/kube-prometheus-stack --versions.
