diff --git a/stable/kong/Chart.yaml b/stable/kong/Chart.yaml
index 1deb24f0a3..6d00879f54 100644
--- a/stable/kong/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/kong/Chart.yaml
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ maintainers:
 name: kong
 sources:
 - https://github.com/Kong/kong
-version: 0.30.1
-appVersion: 1.3
+version: 0.31.0
+appVersion: 1.4
diff --git a/stable/kong/README.md b/stable/kong/README.md
index cb633fb4e4..f17dfa072d 100644
--- a/stable/kong/README.md
+++ b/stable/kong/README.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ and their default values.
 | image.pullPolicy                   | Image pull policy                                                                     | `IfNotPresent`      |
 | image.pullSecrets                  | Image pull secrets                                                                    | `null`              |
 | replicaCount                       | Kong instance count                                                                   | `1`                 |
+| admin.enabled                      | Create Admin Service                                                                  | `false`             |
 | admin.useTLS                       | Secure Admin traffic                                                                  | `true`              |
 | admin.servicePort                  | TCP port on which the Kong admin service is exposed                                   | `8444`              |
 | admin.containerPort                | TCP port on which Kong app listens for admin traffic                                  | `8444`              |
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ and their default values.
 | proxy.tls.nodePort                 | Node port to use for TLS                                                              | 32443               |
 | proxy.tls.hostPort                 | Host port to use for TLS                                                              |                     |
 | proxy.tls.overrideServiceTargetPort| Override service port to use for TLS without touching Kong containerPort              |                     |
-| proxy.type                         | k8s service type. Options: NodePort, ClusterIP, LoadBalancer                          | `NodePort`          |
+| proxy.type                         | k8s service type. Options: NodePort, ClusterIP, LoadBalancer                          | `LoadBalancer`      |
 | proxy.clusterIP                    | k8s service clusterIP                                                                 |                     |
 | proxy.loadBalancerSourceRanges     | Limit proxy access to CIDRs if set and service type is `LoadBalancer`                 | `[]`                |
 | proxy.loadBalancerIP               | To reuse an existing ingress static IP for the admin service                          |                     |
@@ -408,7 +409,20 @@ You can can learn about kong ingress custom resource definitions [here](https://
 
 
 ## Changelog
-=======
+
+### 0.31.0
+
+#### Breaking changes
+
+- Admin Service is disabled by default (`admin.enabled`)
+- Default for `proxy.type` has been changed to `LoadBalancer`
+
+#### New features
+
+- Update default version of Kong to 1.4
+- Update default version of Ingress Controller to 0.6.2
+- Add support to disable kong-admin service via `admin.enabled` flag.
+
 ### 0.30.1
 
 #### New Features
diff --git a/stable/kong/templates/service-kong-admin.yaml b/stable/kong/templates/service-kong-admin.yaml
index 40107cb779..ab3f195be4 100644
--- a/stable/kong/templates/service-kong-admin.yaml
+++ b/stable/kong/templates/service-kong-admin.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{- if .Values.admin.enabled -}}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
@@ -36,3 +37,4 @@ spec:
     app: {{ template "kong.name" . }}
     release: {{ .Release.Name }}
     component: app
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/stable/kong/values.yaml b/stable/kong/values.yaml
index a0b6f410c1..7232e1a5ea 100644
--- a/stable/kong/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/kong/values.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 image:
   repository: kong
   # repository: kong-docker-kong-enterprise-edition-docker.bintray.io/kong-enterprise-edition
-  tag: 1.3
+  tag: 1.4
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   ## Optionally specify an array of imagePullSecrets.
   ## Secrets must be manually created in the namespace.
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ waitImage:
   tag: latest
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
-# Specify Kong admin and proxy services configurations
+# Specify Kong admin service configuration
 admin:
+  enabled: false
   # If you want to specify annotations for the admin service, uncomment the following
   # line, add additional or adjust as needed, and remove the curly braces after 'annotations:'.
   annotations: {}
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ admin:
     # Ingress path.
     path: /
 
+# Specify Kong proxy service configuration
 proxy:
   # If you want to specify annotations for the proxy service, uncomment the following
   # line, add additional or adjust as needed, and remove the curly braces after 'annotations:'.
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ proxy:
     # Set a nodePort which is available if service type is NodePort
     # nodePort: 32443
 
-  type: NodePort
+  type: LoadBalancer
 
   # Kong proxy ingress settings.
   ingress:
@@ -387,7 +389,7 @@ ingressController:
   enabled: true
   image:
     repository: kong-docker-kubernetes-ingress-controller.bintray.io/kong-ingress-controller
-    tag: 0.6.0
+    tag: 0.6.2
   replicaCount: 1
   livenessProbe:
     failureThreshold: 3