diff --git a/stable/external-dns/Chart.yaml b/stable/external-dns/Chart.yaml
index 83a03c69b6..19e9cce40b 100644
--- a/stable/external-dns/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/external-dns/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ apiVersion: v1
 description: Configure external DNS servers (AWS Route53, Google CloudDNS and others)
   for Kubernetes Ingresses and Services
 name: external-dns
-version: 0.5.4
-appVersion: 0.4.8
+version: 0.5.5
+appVersion: 0.5.0
 home: https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/external-dns
 sources:
 - https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/external-dns
diff --git a/stable/external-dns/templates/clusterrole.yaml b/stable/external-dns/templates/clusterrole.yaml
index 3d16e9f353..9774ae8269 100644
--- a/stable/external-dns/templates/clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/stable/external-dns/templates/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ rules:
     resources:
       - ingresses
       - services
+      - pods
     verbs:
       - get
       - list
diff --git a/stable/external-dns/values.yaml b/stable/external-dns/values.yaml
index 970487aeb5..d0db48da01 100755
--- a/stable/external-dns/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/external-dns/values.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## Details about the image to be pulled.
 image:
   name: registry.opensource.zalan.do/teapot/external-dns
-  tag: v0.4.8
+  tag: v0.5.0
   pullSecrets: []
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent