diff --git a/helm/Chart.yaml b/helm/Chart.yaml
index 27de00e4c..fd8075819 100644
--- a/helm/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: connaisseur
 description: Helm chart for Connaisseur - a Kubernetes admission controller to integrate container image signature verification and trust pinning into a cluster.
 type: application
-version: 1.2.1
-appVersion: 2.4.1
+version: 1.3.0
+appVersion: 2.5.0
 keywords:
   - container image
   - signature
diff --git a/helm/values.yaml b/helm/values.yaml
index fd4b547e4..5d4de95b0 100644
--- a/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/values.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # configure Connaisseur deployment
 deployment:
   replicasCount: 3
-  image: securesystemsengineering/connaisseur:v2.4.1
+  image: securesystemsengineering/connaisseur:v2.5.0
   imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   # imagePullSecrets contains an optional list of Kubernetes Secrets, in Connaisseur namespace,
   # that are needed to access the registry containing Connaisseur image.