diff --git a/pkg/apis/helm.fluxcd.io/v1/types.go b/pkg/apis/helm.fluxcd.io/v1/types.go
index fa8a8baa2..cf2fd8789 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/helm.fluxcd.io/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/helm.fluxcd.io/v1/types.go
@@ -8,12 +8,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux/pkg/resource"
 	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
 
-	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
-	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/chartutil"
-
-	"github.com/fluxcd/helm-operator/pkg/helm/v2"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/helm-operator/pkg/helm"
+	v2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-operator/pkg/helm/v2"
 )
 
 // +genclient
@@ -280,7 +279,7 @@ const (
 // FluxHelmValues embeds chartutil.Values so we can implement deepcopy on map[string]interface{}
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=false
 type HelmValues struct {
-	chartutil.Values `json:"values,omitempty"`
+	helm.Values `json:"values,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // DeepCopyInto implements deepcopy-gen method for use in generated code
@@ -293,7 +292,7 @@ func (in *HelmValues) DeepCopyInto(out *HelmValues) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
-	var values chartutil.Values
+	var values helm.Values
 	err = yaml.Unmarshal(b, &values)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
diff --git a/pkg/helm/release.go b/pkg/helm/release.go
index 831e1829b..69f55218c 100644
--- a/pkg/helm/release.go
+++ b/pkg/helm/release.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ type Chart struct {
 	Name         string
 	Version      string
 	AppVersion   string
+	Values       Values
 	Files        []*File
 	Templates    []*File
 	Dependencies []*Chart
diff --git a/pkg/helm/v2/release.go b/pkg/helm/v2/release.go
index a5d566c34..146e0333c 100644
--- a/pkg/helm/v2/release.go
+++ b/pkg/helm/v2/release.go
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@ func chartToGenericChart(c *chart.Chart) *helm.Chart {
 	if c == nil || c.Metadata == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
+
 	return &helm.Chart{
 		Name:         c.Metadata.Name,
 		Version:      c.Metadata.Version,
 		AppVersion:   c.Metadata.AppVersion,
+		Values:       valuesToGenericValues(c.Values),
 		Files:        filesToGenericFiles(c.Files),
 		Templates:    templatesToGenericFiles(c.Templates),
 		Dependencies: dependenciesToGenericDependencies(c.Dependencies),
diff --git a/pkg/helm/v3/release.go b/pkg/helm/v3/release.go
index 099569e37..8f445cc04 100644
--- a/pkg/helm/v3/release.go
+++ b/pkg/helm/v3/release.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ func chartToGenericChart(c *chart.Chart) *helm.Chart {
 		Name:         c.Name(),
 		Version:      formatVersion(c),
 		AppVersion:   c.AppVersion(),
+		Values:       c.Values,
 		Files:        filesToGenericFiles(c.Files),
 		Templates:    filesToGenericFiles(c.Templates),
 		Dependencies: dependenciesToGenericDependencies(c.Dependencies()),
diff --git a/pkg/helm/values.go b/pkg/helm/values.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5df60035d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/helm/values.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package helm
+
+import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+
+	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
+)
+
+// Values represents a collection of (Helm) values.
+// We define our own type to avoid working with two `chartutil`
+// versions.
+type Values map[string]interface{}
+
+// YAML encodes the values into YAML bytes.
+func (v Values) YAML() ([]byte, error) {
+	b, err := yaml.Marshal(v)
+	return b, err
+}
+
+// Checksum calculates and returns the SHA256 checksum of the YAML
+// encoded values.
+func (v Values) Checksum() string {
+	b, _ := v.YAML()
+
+	hasher := sha256.New()
+	hasher.Write(b)
+	return hex.EncodeToString(hasher.Sum(nil))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/release/release.go b/pkg/release/release.go
index 88033d2ca..4a9324ab4 100644
--- a/pkg/release/release.go
+++ b/pkg/release/release.go
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ func (r *Release) Uninstall(client helm.Client, hr *v1.HelmRelease) {
 // before running the dry-run release to determine if any undefined
 // mutations have occurred.
 func shouldSync(logger log.Logger, client helm.Client, hr *v1.HelmRelease, curRel *helm.Release,
-	chartPath string, values values, logDiffs bool) (bool, error) {
+	chartPath string, values helm.Values, logDiffs bool) (bool, error) {
 
 	if curRel == nil {
 		logger.Log("info", "no existing release", "action", "install")
diff --git a/pkg/release/values.go b/pkg/release/values.go
index 077bf93b8..03cfa1418 100644
--- a/pkg/release/values.go
+++ b/pkg/release/values.go
@@ -1,53 +1,30 @@
 package release
 
 import (
-	"crypto/sha256"
-	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"path/filepath"
 
+	v1 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-operator/pkg/apis/helm.fluxcd.io/v1"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/helm-operator/pkg/helm"
 	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
-
-	"github.com/fluxcd/helm-operator/pkg/apis/helm.fluxcd.io/v1"
 )
 
-// values represents a collection of (Helm) values.
-// We define our own type to avoid working with two `chartutil`
-// versions.
-type values map[string]interface{}
-
-// YAML encodes the values into YAML bytes.
-func (v values) YAML() ([]byte, error) {
-	b, err := yaml.Marshal(v)
-	return b, err
-}
-
-// Checksum calculates and returns the SHA256 checksum of the YAML
-// encoded values.
-func (v values) Checksum() string {
-	b, _ := v.YAML()
-
-	hasher := sha256.New()
-	hasher.Write(b)
-	return hex.EncodeToString(hasher.Sum(nil))
-}
-
 // values attempts to compose the final values for the given
 // `HelmRelease`. It returns the values as bytes and a checksum,
 // or an error in case anything went wrong.
-func composeValues(coreV1Client corev1.CoreV1Interface, hr *v1.HelmRelease, chartPath string) (values, error) {
-	result := values{}
+func composeValues(coreV1Client corev1.CoreV1Interface, hr *v1.HelmRelease, chartPath string) (helm.Values, error) {
+	result := helm.Values{}
 	ns := hr.Namespace
 
 	for _, v := range hr.GetValuesFromSources() {
-		var valueFile values
+		var valueFile helm.Values
 
 		switch {
 		case v.ConfigMapKeyRef != nil:
diff --git a/test/e2e/15_upgrade.bats b/test/e2e/15_upgrade.bats
index b4be6f6ec..2913b634e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/15_upgrade.bats
+++ b/test/e2e/15_upgrade.bats
@@ -50,6 +50,34 @@ function setup() {
   poll_until_equals 'podinfo-git HelmRelease revision matches' "$head_hash" "kubectl -n $DEMO_NAMESPACE get helmrelease/podinfo-git -o jsonpath='{.status.revision}'"
 }
 
+@test "Git values.yaml change causes upgrade" {
+  # Apply the HelmRelease fixtures
+  kubectl apply -f "$FIXTURES_DIR/releases/git.yaml" >&3
+
+  # Wait for it to be deployed
+  poll_until_equals 'podinfo-git HelmRelease' 'deployed' "kubectl -n $DEMO_NAMESPACE get helmrelease/podinfo-git -o 'custom-columns=status:status.releaseStatus' --no-headers"
+
+  # Clone the charts repository
+  local clone_dir
+  clone_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
+  defer rm -rf "'$clone_dir'"
+  git clone -b master ssh://git@localhost/git-server/repos/cluster.git "$clone_dir"
+  cd "$clone_dir"
+
+  # Make a values.yaml mutation in Git
+  sed -i 's%replicaCount: 1%replicaCount: 2%' charts/podinfo/values.yaml
+  git add charts/podinfo/values.yaml
+  git -c 'user.email=foo@bar.com' -c 'user.name=Foo' commit -m "Change replicaCount to 2"
+
+  # Record new HEAD and push change
+  head_hash=$(git rev-list -n 1 HEAD)
+  git push >&3
+
+  # Assert change is rolled out
+  poll_until_equals 'podinfo-git HelmRelease chart update' "successfully cloned chart revision: $head_hash" "kubectl -n $DEMO_NAMESPACE get helmrelease/podinfo-git -o jsonpath='{.status.conditions[?(@.type==\"ChartFetched\")].message}'"
+  poll_until_equals 'podinfo-git HelmRelease revision matches' "$head_hash" "kubectl -n $DEMO_NAMESPACE get helmrelease/podinfo-git -o jsonpath='{.status.revision}'"
+}
+
 function teardown() {
   run_deferred