Originally published on DevToolHub . Helm 4 shipped in November 2025. Eight months later, most teams are still running Helm 3 in production CI/CD because it works. But Helm 3's final feature release lands September 9, 2026, and security patches stop completely on February 10, 2027. This helm 4 migration is simpler than it looks. Your charts don't need rewriting — Helm 3 Chart API v2 charts are fully compatible with Helm 4. But the automation around Helm has four real breaking points tha...