From 644d482ead378628d63859d7bd66885b7087d318 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mrproliu <741550557@qq.com>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 18:38:37 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Release SkyWalking Helm 4.9.0

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diff --git a/content/events/release-apache-skywalking-kubernetes-helm-chart-4.9.0/index.md b/content/events/release-apache-skywalking-kubernetes-helm-chart-4.9.0/index.md
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+title: Release Apache SkyWalking Kubernetes Helm Chart 4.9.0
+date: 2026-05-06
+author: SkyWalking Team
+---
+
+SkyWalking Kubernetes Helm Chart 4.9.0 is released. Go to [downloads](/downloads) page to find release tars.
+
+## What's Changed
+* Update skywalking-banyandb-helm version to 0.6.0-rc0 by @hanahmily in https://github.com/apache/skywalking-helm/pull/172
+* Update banyandb version to 0.6.0-rc1 by @hanahmily in https://github.com/apache/skywalking-helm/pull/173
+* Bump up banyanDB helm version to 0.6.0-rc2 by @mrproliu in https://github.com/apache/skywalking-helm/pull/174
+* Update banyandb version to 0.6.0-rc3 by @hanahmily in https://github.com/apache/skywalking-helm/pull/175
+* Upgrade Elasticsearch dependency to ECK 8.18.8 by @wu-sheng in https://github.com/apache/skywalking-helm/pull/176
+* Fix SWCK oapserverconfig e2e version mismatch by @wu-sheng in https://github.com/apache/skywalking-helm/pull/177
+* Bump up banyanDB helm version by @mrproliu in https://github.com/apache/skywalking-helm/pull/178
+* Bump up banyanDB helm version to 0.6.0-rc5 by @mrproliu in https://github.com/apache/skywalking-helm/pull/179
+* Remove eck-operator hard dependency for non-ES storage backends by @wu-sheng in https://github.com/apache/skywalking-helm/pull/181
+* Bump up banyanDB helm version by @mrproliu in https://github.com/apache/skywalking-helm/pull/182
+* Bump up banyandb helm and remove etcd components in E2E by @mrproliu in https://github.com/apache/skywalking-helm/pull/184
+* Ready to release 4.9.0 by @mrproliu in https://github.com/apache/skywalking-helm/pull/185
+
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/apache/skywalking-helm/compare/v4.8.0...v4.9.0
diff --git a/data/docs.yml b/data/docs.yml
index e16acfdc8b9e..1cc4904b9b9c 100644
--- a/data/docs.yml
+++ b/data/docs.yml
@@ -309,8 +309,8 @@
       user: apache
       repo: skywalking-kubernetes
       docs:
-        - version: v4.8.0
-          link: https://github.com/apache/skywalking-kubernetes/tree/v4.8.0
+        - version: v4.9.0
+          link: https://github.com/apache/skywalking-kubernetes/tree/v4.9.0
     - name: SkyWalking Cloud on Kubernetes
       icon: kubernetes
       description: A bridge project between Apache SkyWalking and Kubernetes.
diff --git a/data/releases.yml b/data/releases.yml
index d92f0d7d48b9..27a1bfa95b76 100644
--- a/data/releases.yml
+++ b/data/releases.yml
@@ -713,15 +713,15 @@
       icon: helm
       description: SkyWalking Kubernetes Helm repository provides ways to install and configure SkyWalking in a Kubernetes cluster. The scripts are written in Helm 3.
       source:
-        - version: v4.8.0
-          date: Dec. 29th, 2025
+        - version: v4.9.0
+          date: May. 6th, 2026
           downloadLink:
             - name: src
-              link: https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/skywalking/kubernetes/4.8.0/skywalking-helm-4.8.0-src.tgz
+              link: https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/skywalking/helm/4.9.0/skywalking-helm-4.9.0-src.tgz
             - name: asc
-              link: https://downloads.apache.org/skywalking/kubernetes/4.8.0/skywalking-helm-4.8.0-src.tgz.asc
+              link: https://downloads.apache.org/skywalking/helm/4.9.0/skywalking-helm-4.9.0-src.tgz.asc
             - name: sha512
-              link: https://downloads.apache.org/skywalking/kubernetes/4.8.0/skywalking-helm-4.8.0-src.tgz.sha512
+              link: https://downloads.apache.org/skywalking/helm/4.9.0/skywalking-helm-4.9.0-src.tgz.sha512
     - name: SkyWalking Cloud on Kubernetes
       icon: kubernetes
       description: A bridge project between Apache SkyWalking and Kubernetes.