diff --git a/stable/node-problem-detector/Chart.yaml b/stable/node-problem-detector/Chart.yaml
index 3abf1c942c..6f1ae19e80 100644
--- a/stable/node-problem-detector/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/node-problem-detector/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: node-problem-detector
-version: "1.1.0"
+version: "1.1.1"
 appVersion: v0.6.1
 home: https://github.com/kubernetes/node-problem-detector
 description: Installs the node-problem-detector daemonset for monitoring extra attributes on nodes
diff --git a/stable/node-problem-detector/templates/daemonset.yaml b/stable/node-problem-detector/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 000951d95a..d0f69ebc63 100644
--- a/stable/node-problem-detector/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/stable/node-problem-detector/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
           image:  "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
-          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy | quote }}
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy | default "IfNotPresent" | quote }}
           command:
             - "/bin/sh"
             - "-c"