diff --git a/tools/helm_install.sh b/tools/helm_install.sh
index f18eefb5..e8a2caae 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-v2.9.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz"}
+HELM_ARTIFACT_URL=${HELM_ARTIFACT_URL:-"https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-helm/helm-v2.10.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz"}
 
 
 function install_helm_binary {
diff --git a/tools/helm_tk.sh b/tools/helm_tk.sh
index b4c11680..fe10ad56 100755
--- a/tools/helm_tk.sh
+++ b/tools/helm_tk.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function helm_serve {
   if [[ -d "$HOME/.helm" ]]; then
      echo ".helm directory found"
   else
-     ${HELM} init --client-only
+     ${HELM} init --client-only --skip-refresh
   fi
   if [[ -z $(curl -s 127.0.0.1:8879 | grep 'Helm Repository') ]]; then
      ${HELM} serve & > /dev/null