diff --git a/stable/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml b/stable/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
index 96ce2fd447..51798e0973 100644
--- a/stable/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ keywords:
 - monitoring
 - prometheus
 - kubernetes
-version: 2.8.4
-appVersion: 1.9.5
+version: 2.8.5
+appVersion: 1.9.6
 home: https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics/
 sources:
 - https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics/
diff --git a/stable/kube-state-metrics/README.md b/stable/kube-state-metrics/README.md
index c7d21dd51a..50af25c016 100644
--- a/stable/kube-state-metrics/README.md
+++ b/stable/kube-state-metrics/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ $ helm install stable/kube-state-metrics
 | Parameter                                    | Description                                                                           | Default                                    |
 |:---------------------------------------------|:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-------------------------------------------|
 | `image.repository`                           | The image repository to pull from                                                     | quay.io/coreos/kube-state-metrics          |
-| `image.tag`                                  | The image tag to pull from                                                            | `v1.9.5`                                   |
+| `image.tag`                                  | The image tag to pull from                                                            | `v1.9.6`                                   |
 | `image.pullPolicy`                           | Image pull policy                                                                     | `IfNotPresent`                             |
 | `replicas`                                   | Number of replicas                                                                    | `1`                                        |
 | `autosharding.enabled`                       | Set to `true` to automatically shard data across `replicas` pods. EXPERIMENTAL        | `false`                                    |
diff --git a/stable/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml b/stable/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
index 11f20fa3ea..934d7f79b0 100644
--- a/stable/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 prometheusScrape: true
 image:
   repository: quay.io/coreos/kube-state-metrics
-  tag: v1.9.5
+  tag: v1.9.6
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
 # If set to true, this will deploy kube-state-metrics as a StatefulSet and the data