diff --git a/roles/build-helm-packages/defaults/main.yml b/roles/build-helm-packages/defaults/main.yml
index d614a66eb..2489982b8 100644
--- a/roles/build-helm-packages/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/build-helm-packages/defaults/main.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 ---
 version:
-  helm: v2.14.1
+  helm: v2.16.9
 url:
   google_helm_repo: https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-helm
 ...
diff --git a/tiller/values.yaml b/tiller/values.yaml
index 65458ef27..161e994c5 100644
--- a/tiller/values.yaml
+++ b/tiller/values.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ release_group: null
 
 images:
   tags:
-    tiller: gcr.io/kubernetes-helm/tiller:v2.14.1
+    tiller: gcr.io/kubernetes-helm/tiller:v2.16.9
     dep_check: quay.io/airshipit/kubernetes-entrypoint:v1.0.0
     image_repo_sync: docker.io/docker:17.07.0
   pull_policy: IfNotPresent
diff --git a/tools/gate/divingbell/divingbell-tests.sh b/tools/gate/divingbell/divingbell-tests.sh
index baeb255c7..d73391af8 100755
--- a/tools/gate/divingbell/divingbell-tests.sh
+++ b/tools/gate/divingbell/divingbell-tests.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ git clone https://opendev.org/airship/divingbell
 cd divingbell
 mkdir build
 ln -s ../openstack-helm-infra build/openstack-helm-infra
-export HELM_ARTIFACT_URL=https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-helm/helm-v2.14.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+export HELM_ARTIFACT_URL=https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-helm/helm-v2.16.9-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 ./tools/gate/scripts/010-build-charts.sh
 sudo SKIP_BASE_TESTS=true ./tools/gate/scripts/020-test-divingbell.sh
diff --git a/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/Dockerfile b/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/Dockerfile
index e12319997..1a392c851 100644
--- a/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/Dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ ENV CNI_VERSION ${CNI_VERSION}
 ARG CNI_REPO_URL=https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/releases/download/$CNI_VERSION
 ENV CNI_REPO_URL ${CNI_REPO_URL}
 
-ARG HELM_VERSION="v2.14.1"
+ARG HELM_VERSION="v2.16.9"
 ENV HELM_VERSION ${HELM_VERSION}
 
 ARG CHARTS="calico,flannel,tiller,kube-dns,kubernetes-keystone-webhook"