diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index eee3145487c92408b439f9be5caea69e3aecd7c7..141743a19e340ca66c4f4f1057920f439c821bc4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -21,10 +21,8 @@ default:
     - exec-dind
   # see https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/docker/using_docker_build.html#tls-enabled
   # for image usage and settings for building with TLS and docker in docker
-  #image: docker:19.03.1
   image: docker:20.10.12
   services:
-    #- docker:19.03.1-dind
     - docker:20.10.12-dind
   variables:
     DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: "/certs"
@@ -65,16 +63,18 @@ test-helm:
   before_script:
     - apk add -U wget bash curl
     # install kubectl
-    - wget -O /usr/local/bin/kubectl https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/${KUBECTL}/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
+    - wget -q -O /usr/local/bin/kubectl https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/${KUBECTL}/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
     - chmod +x /usr/local/bin/kubectl
     # install k3d
     - wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rancher/k3d/main/install.sh | bash
+    - curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/master/scripts/get-helm-3 | bash
     - k3d help
     - k3d version
     #- k3d cluster create testgitlabci --agents 1 --wait -p "30000:30000@agent[0]"
     - k3d cluster create testgitlabci --agents 1 --wait -p "30000:30000@agent:0" # k3d 5.0
     # show cluster info
     - kubectl cluster-info
+    - helm version
   script:
     # Display initial pods, etc.
     - kubectl get nodes -o wide