diff --git a/deploy/apko.yaml.tmpl b/deploy/apko.yaml.tmpl
index b7c5c853a7..efe2bb8599 100644
--- a/deploy/apko.yaml.tmpl
+++ b/deploy/apko.yaml.tmpl
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ contents:
     - busybox
     - curl
     - git
+    - helm
     - kustomize
     - py3-dateutil
     - py3-magic