diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
index 5c997ed0b501..9e2ceb26837c 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ keywords:
 - prometheus
 - kubernetes
 type: application
-version: 5.13.0
+version: 5.14.0
 appVersion: 2.10.0
 home: https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics/
 sources:
diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
index 69a387a8cd30..2aedc92016a0 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ spec:
     {{- if .Values.priorityClassName }}
       priorityClassName: {{ .Values.priorityClassName }}
     {{- end }}
+      {{- with .Values.initContainers }}
+      initContainers:
+      {{- toYaml . | nindent 6 }}
+      {{- end }}
       containers:
       {{- $httpPort := ternary 9090 (.Values.service.port | default 8080) .Values.kubeRBACProxy.enabled}}
       {{- $telemetryPort := ternary 9091 (.Values.selfMonitor.telemetryPort | default 8081) .Values.kubeRBACProxy.enabled}}
@@ -240,6 +244,9 @@ spec:
 {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- with .Values.containers }}
+      {{- toYaml . | nindent 6 }}
+      {{- end }}
 {{- if or .Values.imagePullSecrets .Values.global.imagePullSecrets }}
       imagePullSecrets:
         {{- include "kube-state-metrics.imagePullSecrets" (dict "Values" .Values "imagePullSecrets" .Values.imagePullSecrets) | indent 8 }}
diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
index 29f59524d769..0821a7709e56 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
@@ -442,3 +442,13 @@ extraManifests: []
   #     name: prometheus-extra
   #   data:
   #     extra-data: "value"
+
+## Containers allows injecting additional containers.
+containers: []
+  # - name: crd-init
+  #   image: kiwigrid/k8s-sidecar:latest
+
+## InitContainers allows injecting additional initContainers.
+initContainers: []
+  # - name: crd-sidecar
+  #   image: kiwigrid/k8s-sidecar:latest