-RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install curl
-ARG GH=get_helm.sh
-RUN curl --silent --show-error -L https://git.io/${GH} -o ${GH}
-RUN bash ${GH}
-RUN helm init -c
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install curl ca-certificates wget
+ARG HELMVERSION=v2.17.0
+# often times out during LF jenkins build
+RUN wget https://get.helm.sh/helm-${HELMVERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz && tar -xvf ../helm-${HELMVERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz && mv linux-amd64/helm /usr/local/bin/helm
+RUN helm init -c --skip-repos