From e5820bbce7c0525a5678589be3c47748668bca25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hannah Cooper <hannah.cooper@portainer.io>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 06:43:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] GITBOOK-2: Add --set tls.force=true to helm update
 instructions

---
 start/upgrade/kubernetes.md | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/start/upgrade/kubernetes.md b/start/upgrade/kubernetes.md
index c565f7c8..21e1eb77 100644
--- a/start/upgrade/kubernetes.md
+++ b/start/upgrade/kubernetes.md
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ Select the Portainer update method which matches the original installation metho
 
 ## Method 1: Updating using Helm
 
+{% hint style="info" %}
+This article assumes that you installed originally using our [install instructions](../install/server/kubernetes/baremetal.md#deploy-using-helm).
+{% endhint %}
+
 Add the Portainer Helm repository by running the following commands. Ignore any warnings about the repo already being there:
 
 ```
@@ -37,14 +41,14 @@ Next, run one of the following commands to update Portainer:
 {% tab title="Business Edition" %}
 ```
 helm upgrade -n portainer portainer portainer/portainer \
-    --set enterpriseEdition.image.tag=lts --set enterpriseEdition.enabled=true
+    --set tls.force=true --set enterpriseEdition.image.tag=lts --set enterpriseEdition.enabled=true
 ```
 {% endtab %}
 
 {% tab title="Community Edition" %}
 ```
 helm upgrade -n portainer portainer portainer/portainer \
-    --set image.tag=lts
+    --set tls.force=true --set image.tag=lts
 ```
 {% endtab %}
 {% endtabs %}