diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 466e36d..ca80ff3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ manifest:
 
 helm-chart:
 	sed -i "s#repository:.*/kured#repository: $(DH_ORG)/kured#g" charts/kured/values.yaml
-	sed -i "s#tag:.*#tag: $(VERSION)#g" charts/kured/values.yaml
 	sed -i "s#appVersion:.*#appVersion: \"$(VERSION)\"#g" charts/kured/Chart.yaml
 	sed -i "s#\`[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\`#\`$(VERSION)\`#g" charts/kured/README.md
 	echo "Please bump version in charts/kured/Chart.yaml"
diff --git a/charts/kured/Chart.yaml b/charts/kured/Chart.yaml
index 905bc21..2e119c8 100644
--- a/charts/kured/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/kured/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: "1.6.1"
 description: A Helm chart for kured
 name: kured
-version: 2.4.0
+version: 2.4.1
 home: https://github.com/weaveworks/kured
 maintainers:
   - name: ckotzbauer
diff --git a/charts/kured/templates/daemonset.yaml b/charts/kured/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 3fa8845..c2a6b97 100644
--- a/charts/kured/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/kured/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ spec:
       {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
-          image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
+          image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
           securityContext:
             privileged: true # Give permission to nsenter /proc/1/ns/mnt
diff --git a/charts/kured/values.yaml b/charts/kured/values.yaml
index 86e5868..eb0022b 100644
--- a/charts/kured/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/kured/values.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 image:
   repository: weaveworks/kured
-  tag: 1.6.1
+  tag: ""  # will default to the appVersion in Chart.yaml
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   pullSecrets: []