diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 77f34c2e..1b5d755f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ jobs:
       - image: gcr.io/kubernetes-charts-ci/test-image:v3.1.0
     steps:
       - checkout
+      - run: helm init --client-only --stable-repo-url=https://charts.helm.sh/stable
       - run: ct lint --config .circleci/chart-testing.yaml --lint-conf .circleci/lintconf.yaml
   # Technically this only needs to be run on master, but it's good to have it run on every PR
   # so that it is regularly tested.