diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 66987a663..034fa68c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 name: CI
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: [master]
   pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - "**/*.tpl"
+      - "**/*.yaml"
   workflow_dispatch:
+
 jobs:
   ci:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -11,13 +13,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       -
         name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.19
-          check-latest: true
+
       - run: make install-toolchain
       - run: make verify
       - run: make package
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 47cfbdcfd..8556e3d82 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -15,13 +15,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       -
         name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
-        with:
-          go-version: 1.19
-          check-latest: true
+
       - run: make install-toolchain
       - run: make verify
       - run: make package publish
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 37d1cd7f7..322a99391 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ clean:
 help:
 	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort
 
-.PHONY: all build test verify package publish draft-release help
\ No newline at end of file
+.PHONY: all build test verify package publish draft-release help
diff --git a/scripts/install-toolchain.sh b/scripts/install-toolchain.sh
index fc9e64e83..abf0c5718 100755
--- a/scripts/install-toolchain.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-toolchain.sh
@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@ TOOLS_DIR="${BUILD_DIR}/tools"
 mkdir -p "${TOOLS_DIR}"
 export PATH="${TOOLS_DIR}:${PATH}"
 
-HELMV2_VERSION="v2.17.0"
-HELMV3_VERSION="v3.6.3"
+HELM_VERSION="v3.16.1"
 KUBECTL_VERSION=$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)
-KIND_VERSION=v0.11.1
-BATS_VERSION=1.1.0
+KIND_VERSION=v0.24.0
+BATS_VERSION=1.11.0
 
 ## Install kubectl
 curl -sSL "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/${KUBECTL_VERSION}/bin/${PLATFORM}/${ARCH}/kubectl" -o "${TOOLS_DIR}/kubectl"
@@ -25,27 +24,16 @@ mkdir -p "${TMP_DIR}/kubeval"
 curl -sSL https://github.com/instrumenta/kubeval/releases/latest/download/kubeval-${PLATFORM}-${ARCH}.tar.gz | tar xz -C "${TMP_DIR}/kubeval"
 mv "${TMP_DIR}/kubeval/kubeval" "${TOOLS_DIR}/kubeval"
 
-## Install helm v2
-mkdir -p "${TMP_DIR}/helmv2"
-curl -sSL  https://get.helm.sh/helm-${HELMV2_VERSION}-${PLATFORM}-${ARCH}.tar.gz | tar xz -C "${TMP_DIR}/helmv2"
-mv "${TMP_DIR}/helmv2/${PLATFORM}-${ARCH}/helm" "${TOOLS_DIR}/helmv2"
-rm -rf "${PLATFORM}-${ARCH}"
-
-## Install helm v3
-mkdir -p "${TMP_DIR}/helmv3"
-curl -sSL https://get.helm.sh/helm-${HELMV3_VERSION}-${PLATFORM}-${ARCH}.tar.gz | tar xz -C "${TMP_DIR}/helmv3"
-mv "${TMP_DIR}/helmv3/${PLATFORM}-${ARCH}/helm" "${TOOLS_DIR}/helmv3"
+## Install helm
+mkdir -p "${TMP_DIR}/helm"
+curl -sSL https://get.helm.sh/helm-${HELM_VERSION}-${PLATFORM}-${ARCH}.tar.gz | tar xz -C "${TMP_DIR}/helm"
+mv "${TMP_DIR}/helm/${PLATFORM}-${ARCH}/helm" "${TOOLS_DIR}/helm"
 rm -rf "${PLATFORM}-${ARCH}"
 
 ## Install Bats
 curl -sSL https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core/archive/v${BATS_VERSION}.tar.gz | tar xz -C "${TOOLS_DIR}"
 ln -s ${TOOLS_DIR}/bats-core-${BATS_VERSION}/bin/bats ${TOOLS_DIR}/bats
 
-## Initialize helm
-
-helmv2 init --stable-repo-url https://charts.helm.sh/stable --client-only --kubeconfig="${BUILD_DIR}/.kube/kubeconfig"
-
-
 ## Install kind
 curl -sSL "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/download/${KIND_VERSION}/kind-${PLATFORM}-${ARCH}" -o "${TOOLS_DIR}/kind"
 chmod +x "${TOOLS_DIR}/kind"
diff --git a/scripts/lint-charts.sh b/scripts/lint-charts.sh
index 7eb43af2b..b2677189b 100755
--- a/scripts/lint-charts.sh
+++ b/scripts/lint-charts.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ TOOLS_DIR="${BUILD_DIR}/tools"
 STABLE="${GIT_REPO_ROOT}/stable"
 export PATH="${TOOLS_DIR}:${PATH}"
 
-FAILED_V2=()
-FAILED_V3=()
+FAILED=()
 
 cd ${STABLE}
 for d in */; do
@@ -16,22 +15,16 @@ for d in */; do
     if [ -f ${STABLE}/${d}/ci/extra_args ]; then
         EXTRA_ARGS=$(cat ${STABLE}/${d}/ci/extra_args)
     fi
-    echo "Linting chart ${d} w/ helm v3"
-    helmv3 lint ${STABLE}/${d} || FAILED_V3+=("${d}")
-    echo "Linting chart ${d} w/ helm v2"
-    helmv2 lint ${STABLE}/${d} || FAILED_V2+=("${d}")
+    echo "Linting chart ${d} w/ helm"
+    helm lint ${STABLE}/${d} || FAILED+=("${d}")
 done
 
-if [[ "${#FAILED_V2[@]}" -eq  0 ]] && [[ "${#FAILED_V3[@]}" -eq 0 ]]; then
+if [[ "${#FAILED[@]}" -eq 0 ]]; then
     echo "All charts passed linting!"
     exit 0
 else
-    echo "Helm v2:"
-    for chart in "${FAILED_V2[@]}"; do
-        printf "%40s ❌\n" "$chart"
-    done
-    echo "Helm v3:"
-    for chart in "${FAILED_V2[@]}"; do
+    echo "Helm linting failed:"
+    for chart in "${FAILED[@]}"; do
         printf "%40s ❌\n" "$chart"
     done
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/package-charts.sh b/scripts/package-charts.sh
index 05aa5879e..ffbc4e58b 100755
--- a/scripts/package-charts.sh
+++ b/scripts/package-charts.sh
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ export PATH="${TOOLS_DIR}:${PATH}"
 PACKAGE_DIR="${GIT_REPO_ROOT}/build"
 mkdir -p "${PACKAGE_DIR}"
 
-helmv3 package "${STABLE}/"* --destination "${PACKAGE_DIR}/stable" --dependency-update
+helm package "${STABLE}/"* --destination "${PACKAGE_DIR}/stable" --dependency-update
diff --git a/scripts/publish-charts.sh b/scripts/publish-charts.sh
index a9849f3c3..a78b1c5c1 100755
--- a/scripts/publish-charts.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish-charts.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if echo "${VERSION}" | grep -Eq "^v[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+){2}$"; then
     git config pull.rebase false
     git checkout gh-pages
     mv -n $PACKAGE_DIR/stable/*.tgz .
-    helmv3 repo index . --url https://aws.github.io/eks-charts
+    helm repo index . --url https://aws.github.io/eks-charts
     git add .
     git commit -m "Publish stable charts ${VERSION}"
     git push origin gh-pages
diff --git a/scripts/validate-charts.sh b/scripts/validate-charts.sh
index 535b9bfd2..d03d974b6 100755
--- a/scripts/validate-charts.sh
+++ b/scripts/validate-charts.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ TOOLS_DIR="${BUILD_DIR}/tools"
 STABLE="${GIT_REPO_ROOT}/stable"
 export PATH="${TOOLS_DIR}:${PATH}"
 
-FAILED_V2=()
-FAILED_V3=()
+FAILED=()
 
 cd ${STABLE}
 for d in */; do
@@ -16,22 +15,16 @@ for d in */; do
     if [ -f ${STABLE}/${d}/ci/extra_args ]; then
         EXTRA_ARGS=$(cat ${STABLE}/${d}/ci/extra_args)
     fi
-    echo "Validating chart ${d} w/ helm v3"
-    helmv3 template ${STABLE}/${d} ${EXTRA_ARGS}| kubeval --strict --ignore-missing-schemas || FAILED_V3+=("${d}")
-    echo "Validating chart ${d} w/ helm v2"
-    helm template ${STABLE}/${d} ${EXTRA_ARGS}| kubeval --strict --ignore-missing-schemas || FAILED_V2+=("${d}")
+    echo "Validating chart ${d} w/ helm"
+    helm template ${STABLE}/${d} ${EXTRA_ARGS}| kubeval --strict --ignore-missing-schemas || FAILED+=("${d}")
 done
 
-if [[ "${#FAILED_V2[@]}" -eq  0 ]] && [[ "${#FAILED_V3[@]}" -eq 0 ]]; then
+if [[ "${#FAILED[@]}" -eq 0 ]]; then
     echo "All charts passed validations!"
     exit 0
 else
-    echo "Helm v2:"
-    for chart in "${FAILED_V2[@]}"; do
-        printf "%40s ❌\n" "$chart"
-    done
-    echo "Helm v3:"
-    for chart in "${FAILED_V3[@]}"; do
+    echo "Helm validation failed:"
+    for chart in "${FAILED[@]}"; do
         printf "%40s ❌\n" "$chart"
     done
 fi