diff --git a/config/config.yaml.dist b/config/config.yaml.dist
index f2fad706d1..12906be809 100644
--- a/config/config.yaml.dist
+++ b/config/config.yaml.dist
@@ -243,10 +243,10 @@ dex:
 #
 #        charts:
 #            externalDns:
-#                chart: "stable/external-dns"
-#                version: "2.15.2"
+#                chart: "bitnami/external-dns"
+#                version: "4.5.0"
 #
-#                # See https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/external-dns for details
+#                # See https://github.com/bitnami/charts/tree/master/bitnami/external-dns for details
 #                values: {}
 #
 #    securityScan:
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ dex:
 #    repositories:
 #        stable: "https://charts.helm.sh/stable"
 #        banzaicloud-stable: "https://kubernetes-charts.banzaicloud.com"
+#        bitnami: "https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami"
 #        loki: "https://grafana.github.io/loki/charts"
 #        kubefed-charts: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubefed/master/charts"
 
diff --git a/internal/cmd/config.go b/internal/cmd/config.go
index 8c3e053e66..b093a1a069 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/config.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/config.go
@@ -648,12 +648,12 @@ func Configure(v *viper.Viper, p *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	v.SetDefault("cluster::dns::namespace", "")
 	v.SetDefault("cluster::dns::baseDomain", "")
 	v.SetDefault("cluster::dns::providerSecret", "secret/data/banzaicloud/aws")
-	v.SetDefault("cluster::dns::charts::externalDns::chart", "stable/external-dns")
-	v.SetDefault("cluster::dns::charts::externalDns::version", "2.15.2")
+	v.SetDefault("cluster::dns::charts::externalDns::chart", "bitnami/external-dns")
+	v.SetDefault("cluster::dns::charts::externalDns::version", "4.5.0")
 	v.SetDefault("cluster::dns::charts::externalDns::values", map[string]interface{}{
 		"image": map[string]interface{}{
-			"repository": "bitnami/external-dns",
-			"tag":        "0.5.18",
+			"repository": "k8s.gcr.io/external-dns/external-dns",
+			"tag":        "v0.7.5",
 		},
 	})
 
@@ -874,6 +874,7 @@ traefik:
 	v.SetDefault("helm::home", "./var/cache")
 	v.SetDefault("helm::repositories::stable", "https://charts.helm.sh/stable")
 	v.SetDefault("helm::repositories::banzaicloud-stable", "https://kubernetes-charts.banzaicloud.com")
+	v.SetDefault("helm::repositories::bitnami", "https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami")
 	v.SetDefault("helm::repositories::loki", "https://grafana.github.io/loki/charts")
 	v.SetDefault("helm::repositories::kubefed-charts", "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubefed/master/charts")
 
diff --git a/internal/cmd/config_test.go b/internal/cmd/config_test.go
index 6cd95beb62..d80360563e 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/config_test.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/config_test.go
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ func TestConfigure_DefaultValueBinding(t *testing.T) {
 					Charts: dns.ChartsConfig{
 						ExternalDNS: dns.ExternalDNSChartConfig{
 							ChartConfigBase: dns.ChartConfigBase{
-								Chart:   "stable/external-dns",
-								Version: "2.15.2",
+								Chart:   "bitnami/external-dns",
+								Version: "4.5.0",
 							},
 							Values: dns.ExternalDNSChartValuesConfig{
 								Image: dns.ExternalDNSChartValuesImageConfig{
-									Repository: "bitnami/external-dns",
-									Tag:        "0.5.18",
+									Repository: "k8s.gcr.io/external-dns/external-dns",
+									Tag:        "v0.7.5",
 								},
 							},
 						},
diff --git a/internal/federation/reconcile_ext_dns_test.go b/internal/federation/reconcile_ext_dns_test.go
index b05366b142..2b9b31e10e 100644
--- a/internal/federation/reconcile_ext_dns_test.go
+++ b/internal/federation/reconcile_ext_dns_test.go
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ import (
 
 func testEnsureCRDSourceForExtDNS(testNamespace string) func(t *testing.T) {
 	return func(t *testing.T) {
-		chartName := "stable/external-dns"
+		chartName := "bitnami/external-dns"
 		releaseName := "fed-ext-dns"
-		chartVersion := "2.15.2"
+		chartVersion := "4.5.0"
 
 		clusterId := uint(1)
 
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ func testEnsureCRDSourceForExtDNS(testNamespace string) func(t *testing.T) {
 		config := helm.Config{
 			Home: home,
 			Repositories: map[string]string{
-				"stable": "https://charts.helm.sh/stable",
+				"stable":  "https://charts.helm.sh/stable",
+				"bitnami": "https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami",
 			},
 		}
 
diff --git a/internal/helm/service_test.go b/internal/helm/service_test.go
index 4a46c1bd72..512ac67503 100644
--- a/internal/helm/service_test.go
+++ b/internal/helm/service_test.go
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ func Test_service_ListRepositories(t *testing.T) {
 					Name: "banzaicloud-stable",
 					URL:  "https://kubernetes-charts.banzaicloud.com",
 				},
+				{
+					Name: "bitnami",
+					URL:  "https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami",
+				},
 				{
 					Name: "loki",
 					URL:  "https://grafana.github.io/loki/charts",
@@ -251,6 +255,10 @@ func Test_service_ListRepositories(t *testing.T) {
 							Name: "banzaicloud-stable",
 							URL:  "https://kubernetes-charts.banzaicloud.com",
 						},
+						{
+							Name: "bitnami",
+							URL:  "https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami",
+						},
 						{
 							Name: "loki",
 							URL:  "https://grafana.github.io/loki/charts",