diff --git a/charts/metrics-server/Chart.yaml b/charts/metrics-server/Chart.yaml
index 78912471d..fcd7476da 100644
--- a/charts/metrics-server/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/metrics-server/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: metrics-server
 description: Metrics Server is a scalable, efficient source of container resource metrics for Kubernetes built-in autoscaling pipelines.
 type: application
-version: 3.5.0
-appVersion: 0.5.0
+version: 3.6.0
+appVersion: 0.5.1
 keywords:
   - kubernetes
   - metrics-server
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ maintainers:
 annotations:
   artifacthub.io/changes: |
     - kind: added
-      description: "Initial release from official repo."
+      description: "New defaultArgs value to enable overriding the default arguments."
+    - kind: changed
+      description: "Update Metrics Server image to v0.5.1."
diff --git a/charts/metrics-server/README.md b/charts/metrics-server/README.md
index 03cfda2c5..4003c71ea 100644
--- a/charts/metrics-server/README.md
+++ b/charts/metrics-server/README.md
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the _Metrics Server_ ch
 | `podDisruptionBudget.enabled`        | If `true`, create `PodDisruptionBudget` resource.                                                                                                                                                                                                                | `{}`                                       |
 | `podDisruptionBudget.minAvailable`   | Set the `PodDisruptionBugdet` minimum available pods.                                                                                                                                                                                                            | `nil`                                      |
 | `podDisruptionBudget.maxUnavailable` | Set the `PodDisruptionBugdet` maximum unavailable pods.                                                                                                                                                                                                          | `nil`                                      |
+| `defaultArgs`                        | Default arguments to pass to the _metrics-server_ command.                                                                                                                                                                                                       | See _values.yaml_                          |
 | `args`                               | Additional arguments to pass to the _metrics-server_ command.                                                                                                                                                                                                    | `[]`                                       |
 | `livenessProbe`                      | Liveness probe.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | See _values.yaml_                          |
 | `readinessProbe`                     | Readiness probe.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | See _values.yaml_                          |
diff --git a/charts/metrics-server/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/metrics-server/templates/deployment.yaml
index 7db2fec79..c8ca76b44 100644
--- a/charts/metrics-server/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/metrics-server/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ spec:
           image: {{ include "metrics-server.image" . }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
           args:
-            - --cert-dir=/tmp
             - {{ printf "--secure-port=%d" (int .Values.containerPort) }}
-            - --kubelet-preferred-address-types=InternalIP,ExternalIP,Hostname
-            - --kubelet-use-node-status-port
+            {{- range .Values.defaultArgs }}
+            - {{ . }}
+            {{- end }}
             {{- range .Values.args }}
             - {{ . }}
             {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/metrics-server/values.yaml b/charts/metrics-server/values.yaml
index c028f8244..0504399d8 100644
--- a/charts/metrics-server/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/metrics-server/values.yaml
@@ -73,9 +73,14 @@ podDisruptionBudget:
   minAvailable:
   maxUnavailable:
 
-args:
+defaultArgs:
+  - --cert-dir=/tmp
+  - --kubelet-preferred-address-types=InternalIP,ExternalIP,Hostname
+  - --kubelet-use-node-status-port
   - --metric-resolution=15s
 
+args: []
+
 livenessProbe:
   httpGet:
     path: /livez