diff --git a/helm/Chart.yaml b/helm/Chart.yaml
index f78629b3674cfda290f97b48c8cc183476b1e891..018c6e8b3d8167e445b011c4a6339e53b7fe20dd 100644
--- a/helm/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/Chart.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dependencies:
     repository: https://soerenhenning.github.io/cp-helm-charts
     condition: cp-helm-charts.enabled
   - name: strimzi-kafka-operator
-    version: 0.28.0
+    version: 0.29.0
     repository: https://strimzi.io/charts/
     condition: strimzi.enabled
 
diff --git a/helm/values.yaml b/helm/values.yaml
index 78b425ff85552b0c2aeac7cc9a69d5f0a4e635ef..6340a07fd063e9f7d8dc9a0b96050e3daada6258 100644
--- a/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/values.yaml
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ strimzi:
         type: internal
         tls: false
     replicas: 3
+    version: 3.1.0 
     config:
       "message.max.bytes": "134217728" # 128 MB
       "replica.fetch.max.bytes": "134217728" #128 MB