diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
index 0327a2a2..3064d8ee 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ keywords:
 - monitoring
 - prometheus
 - kubernetes
-version: 2.2.3
+version: 2.3.0
 appVersion: 1.7.2
 home: https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics/
 sources:
diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
index 278d43ec..7e775502 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -120,12 +120,19 @@ spec:
         image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
         ports:
         - containerPort: 8080
-        readinessProbe:
+        livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
             path: /healthz
             port: 8080
           initialDelaySeconds: 5
           timeoutSeconds: 5
+        readinessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /
+            port: 8080
+          initialDelaySeconds: 5
+          timeoutSeconds: 5
+
         resources:
 {{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 12 }}
 {{- if .Values.affinity }}