diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
index 3182e471dcdc..d9c9392db5f8 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: 5.27.0
+version: 5.27.1
 appVersion: 2.14.0
 home: https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics/
 sources:
diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/ci/01-kube-rbac-proxy-values.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/ci/01-kube-rbac-proxy-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..89c36f5eca7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/ci/01-kube-rbac-proxy-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+kubeRBACProxy:
+  enabled: true
+selfMonitor:
+  enabled: true
diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
index 29a74b80d441..37ca37b4a4fd 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ spec:
         {{- .Values.kubeRBACProxy.extraArgs | toYaml | nindent 8 }}
         {{-  end  }}
         - --secure-listen-address=:{{ .Values.selfMonitor.telemetryPort | default 8081 }}
-        - --upstream=http://127.0.0.1:{{ $telemetryPort }}/
+        - --upstream=http://127.0.0.1:{{ $servicePort }}/
         - --proxy-endpoints-port=8889
         - --config-file=/etc/kube-rbac-proxy-config/config-file.yaml
         volumeMounts:
diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
index a7b2bdad64f5..79734448a4fc 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ kubeRBACProxy:
   image:
     registry: quay.io
     repository: brancz/kube-rbac-proxy
-    tag: v0.18.0
+    tag: v0.18.1
     sha: ""
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent