diff --git a/charts/bee/Chart.yaml b/charts/bee/Chart.yaml
index 2518a2e..85b4cd1 100644
--- a/charts/bee/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/bee/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 appVersion: latest
 name: bee
-version: 0.5.15
+version: 0.5.16
 description: Ethereum Swarm Bee Helm chart for Kubernetes
 home: https://swarm.ethereum.org
 icon: https://swarm-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_images/swarm.png
diff --git a/charts/bee/README.md b/charts/bee/README.md
index 4d91a15..d235bbf 100644
--- a/charts/bee/README.md
+++ b/charts/bee/README.md
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ apps:
     namespace: bee
     description: "Ethereum Swarm Bee"
     chart: "ethersphere/bee"
-    version: "0.5.15"
+    version: "0.5.16"
     enabled: true
     set:
       beeConfig.bootnode: # bootnode multi address
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ apps:
     namespace: bee
     description: "Ethereum Swarm Bee"
     chart: "ethersphere/bee"
-    version: "0.5.15"
+    version: "0.5.16"
     enabled: true
     set:
       beeConfig.bootnode: "/dns4/bee-0-headless.bee.svc.cluster.local/tcp/7070/p2p/16Uiu2HAm6i4dFaJt584m2jubyvnieEECgqM2YMpQ9nusXfy8XFzL"