diff --git a/charts/stable/external-dns/Chart.yaml b/charts/stable/external-dns/Chart.yaml
index 36ba5e44cf6..b0da1aa16aa 100644
--- a/charts/stable/external-dns/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/stable/external-dns/Chart.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ annotations:
   trueforge.org/min_helm_version: "3.14"
   trueforge.org/train: stable
 apiVersion: v2
-appVersion: 0.20.0
+appVersion: 0.21.0
 dependencies:
   - name: common
     version: 29.0.10
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ sources:
   - https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/external-dns
   - https://github.com/trueforge-org/truecharts/tree/master/charts/stable/external-dns
 type: application
-version: 8.0.1
+version: 8.1.0
 
diff --git a/charts/stable/external-dns/values.yaml b/charts/stable/external-dns/values.yaml
index d5e6cd697e3..98cba9e67c2 100644
--- a/charts/stable/external-dns/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/stable/external-dns/values.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 image:
   repository: registry.k8s.io/external-dns/external-dns
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-  tag: v0.20.0@sha256:ddc7f4212ed09a21024deb1f470a05240837712e74e4b9f6d1f2632ff10672e7
+  tag: v0.21.0@sha256:f53faaf71cb270d1ca9dce6ea0c94bfebf1a18696263487f0fbc74b9bf2bd7ff
 externaldns:
   ingressClassName: ""
   logLevel: "info"