diff --git a/cmd/helm/helm_test.go b/cmd/helm/helm_test.go
index 5e59c41ed..ca49cbc69 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/helm_test.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/helm_test.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func executeActionCommandStdinC(store *storage.Storage, in *os.File, cmd string)
 	actionConfig := &action.Configuration{
 		Releases:     store,
 		KubeClient:   &kubefake.PrintingKubeClient{Out: ioutil.Discard},
-		Capabilities: chartutil.DefaultCapabilities,
+		Capabilities: chartutil.DefaultCapabilities(),
 		Log:          func(format string, v ...interface{}) {},
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/action/action.go b/pkg/action/action.go
index 38ba638e4..eeb433bde 100644
--- a/pkg/action/action.go
+++ b/pkg/action/action.go
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ func (c *Configuration) releaseContent(name string, version int) (*release.Relea
 func GetVersionSet(client discovery.ServerResourcesInterface) (chartutil.VersionSet, error) {
 	groups, resources, err := client.ServerGroupsAndResources()
 	if err != nil && !discovery.IsGroupDiscoveryFailedError(err) {
-		return chartutil.DefaultVersionSet, errors.Wrap(err, "could not get apiVersions from Kubernetes")
+		return chartutil.DefaultVersionSet(), errors.Wrap(err, "could not get apiVersions from Kubernetes")
 	}
 
 	// FIXME: The Kubernetes test fixture for cli appears to always return nil
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func GetVersionSet(client discovery.ServerResourcesInterface) (chartutil.Version
 	// return the default API list. This is also a safe value to return in any
 	// other odd-ball case.
 	if len(groups) == 0 && len(resources) == 0 {
-		return chartutil.DefaultVersionSet, nil
+		return chartutil.DefaultVersionSet(), nil
 	}
 
 	versionMap := make(map[string]interface{})
diff --git a/pkg/action/action_test.go b/pkg/action/action_test.go
index fedf260fb..2257330a2 100644
--- a/pkg/action/action_test.go
+++ b/pkg/action/action_test.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func actionConfigFixture(t *testing.T) *Configuration {
 	return &Configuration{
 		Releases:       storage.Init(driver.NewMemory()),
 		KubeClient:     &kubefake.FailingKubeClient{PrintingKubeClient: kubefake.PrintingKubeClient{Out: ioutil.Discard}},
-		Capabilities:   chartutil.DefaultCapabilities,
+		Capabilities:   chartutil.DefaultCapabilities(),
 		RegistryClient: registryClient,
 		Log: func(format string, v ...interface{}) {
 			t.Helper()
diff --git a/pkg/action/install.go b/pkg/action/install.go
index 4de0b64e6..1c50920de 100644
--- a/pkg/action/install.go
+++ b/pkg/action/install.go
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func (i *Install) Run(chrt *chart.Chart, vals map[string]interface{}) (*release.
 	if i.ClientOnly {
 		// Add mock objects in here so it doesn't use Kube API server
 		// NOTE(bacongobbler): used for `helm template`
-		i.cfg.Capabilities = chartutil.DefaultCapabilities
+		i.cfg.Capabilities = chartutil.DefaultCapabilities()
 		i.cfg.Capabilities.APIVersions = append(i.cfg.Capabilities.APIVersions, i.APIVersions...)
 		i.cfg.KubeClient = &kubefake.PrintingKubeClient{Out: ioutil.Discard}
 
diff --git a/pkg/action/install_test.go b/pkg/action/install_test.go
index 63383d778..32f36991f 100644
--- a/pkg/action/install_test.go
+++ b/pkg/action/install_test.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func TestInstallReleaseClientOnly(t *testing.T) {
 	instAction.ClientOnly = true
 	instAction.Run(buildChart(), nil) // disregard output
 
-	is.Equal(instAction.cfg.Capabilities, chartutil.DefaultCapabilities)
+	is.Equal(instAction.cfg.Capabilities, chartutil.DefaultCapabilities())
 	is.Equal(instAction.cfg.KubeClient, &kubefake.PrintingKubeClient{Out: ioutil.Discard})
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/values.go b/pkg/chartutil/values.go
index e1cdf4642..96bf98431 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/values.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/values.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ type ReleaseOptions struct {
 // This takes both ReleaseOptions and Capabilities to merge into the render values.
 func ToRenderValues(chrt *chart.Chart, chrtVals map[string]interface{}, options ReleaseOptions, caps *Capabilities) (Values, error) {
 	if caps == nil {
-		caps = DefaultCapabilities
+		caps = DefaultCapabilities()
 	}
 	top := map[string]interface{}{
 		"Chart":        chrt.Metadata,