# Helm v4.3.0

> Kubernetes Core · 2026-09-09

A feature release adding new Helm capabilities and output options, alongside correctness fixes and performance improvements. It also includes dependency updates with two disclosed security-related bumps.

## Action needed
- **[security · critical]** `golang.org/x/net` update for `GO-2026-5026`
  - Helm updates `golang.org/x/net` to `v0.55.0` to address `GO-2026-5026`.
- **[security · medium]** `go.opentelemetry.io/otel` update for `GO-2026-5158`
  - Helm updates `go.opentelemetry.io/otel` to `v1.44.0` for `GO-2026-5158`.
- **[breaking]** Per-file decompression size limit removal
  - Helm removes the per-file decompression size limit from file decompression.

## Check if affected
- **[breaking]** Ownership verification before resource deletion
  - Applicability is not stated in the release notes.
  - Helm adds ownership verification before deleting resources.

## Other recorded changes
- 52 (value_changed 31, defect_corrected 14, added 4, renamed 1, default_changed 1, constraint_changed 1)

[Full analysis](https://ratatosk.io/en/releases/helm/v4.3.0)

[Original release notes](https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v4.3.0)