diff --git a/build/build-image/Dockerfile b/build/build-image/Dockerfile
index a0a6fdcde5..cfe5ce8add 100644
--- a/build/build-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/build-image/Dockerfile
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ RUN gcloud components update && gcloud components install kubectl
 RUN echo "source <(kubectl completion bash)" >> /root/.bashrc
 
 # install Helm package manager
-ENV HELM_VER 2.8.2
+ENV HELM_VER 2.9.1
 ENV HELM_URL https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-helm/helm-v${HELM_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 RUN curl -L  ${HELM_URL} > /tmp/helm.tar.gz \
   && tar -zxvf /tmp/helm.tar.gz -C /tmp \