diff --git a/charts/tiller/values.yaml b/charts/tiller/values.yaml
index e52d6b50..78acade6 100644
--- a/charts/tiller/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/tiller/values.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies:
 
 images:
   tags:
-    tiller: gcr.io/kubernetes-helm/tiller:v2.10.0
+    tiller: gcr.io/kubernetes-helm/tiller:v2.12.1
   pull_policy: "IfNotPresent"
   local_registry:
     # NOTE(portdirect): this tiller chart does not support image pulling
diff --git a/tools/helm_install.sh b/tools/helm_install.sh
index e8a2caae..f1f1dc43 100755
--- a/tools/helm_install.sh
+++ b/tools/helm_install.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 set -x
 
 HELM=$1
-HELM_ARTIFACT_URL=${HELM_ARTIFACT_URL:-"https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-helm/helm-v2.10.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz"}
+HELM_ARTIFACT_URL=${HELM_ARTIFACT_URL:-"https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-helm/helm-v2.12.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz"}
 
 
 function install_helm_binary {