diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c1b43a2..9e88261 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 PROJECT_NAME := provider-helm
 PROJECT_REPO := github.com/crossplane-contrib/$(PROJECT_NAME)
 
+PLATFORMS ?= linux_amd64 linux_arm64
 include build/makelib/common.mk
 
 # ====================================================================================
diff --git a/cluster/images/provider-helm/Dockerfile b/cluster/images/provider-helm/Dockerfile
index c362f87..69e5012 100644
--- a/cluster/images/provider-helm/Dockerfile
+++ b/cluster/images/provider-helm/Dockerfile
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ FROM gcr.io/distroless/static@sha256:1f580b0a1922c3e54ae15b0758b5747b260bd99d39d
 ARG TARGETOS
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
+# distroless does not allow root level folder creations, which helm tries to do.
+ENV HELM_CACHE_HOME /tmp/helm-cache
+ENV HELM_CONFIG_HOME /tmp/helm-config
+ENV HELM_DATA_HOME /tmp/helm-data
+
 ADD bin/$TARGETOS\_$TARGETARCH/provider /usr/local/bin/provider-helm
 
 USER 65532
diff --git a/cluster/integration/integration_tests.sh b/cluster/integration/integration_tests.sh
index c8e37d5..523ff62 100755
--- a/cluster/integration/integration_tests.sh
+++ b/cluster/integration/integration_tests.sh
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ SA=$("${KUBECTL}" -n crossplane-system get sa -o name | grep provider-helm | sed
 echo_step "install example chart"
 "${KUBECTL}" apply -f examples/sample/release.yaml
 "${KUBECTL}" wait --for=condition=Ready release --all --timeout=1m
+
+echo_step "waiting for wordpress pods to be ready"
 "${KUBECTL}" -n wordpress wait --for=condition=Ready pods --all --timeout=3m
 
 echo_sub_step "check namespace label"
diff --git a/examples/sample/release-oci.yaml b/examples/sample/release-oci.yaml
index b24167e..dafbdda 100644
--- a/examples/sample/release-oci.yaml
+++ b/examples/sample/release-oci.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ spec:
     chart:
       name: wordpress
       repository: "oci://localhost:5000/helm-charts"
-      version: 9.3.19
+      version: 15.2.5
 #     pullSecretRef:
 #       name: oci-creds
 #       namespace: default
diff --git a/examples/sample/release-with-patch.yaml b/examples/sample/release-with-patch.yaml
index 5280866..df06310 100644
--- a/examples/sample/release-with-patch.yaml
+++ b/examples/sample/release-with-patch.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ spec:
     chart:
       name: wordpress
       repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
-      version: 9.3.19
+      version: 15.2.5
     namespace: wordpress
     values:
       param1: value1
diff --git a/examples/sample/release.yaml b/examples/sample/release.yaml
index 4069c57..6947be5 100644
--- a/examples/sample/release.yaml
+++ b/examples/sample/release.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ spec:
     chart:
       name: wordpress
       repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
-      version: 15.0.18 ## To use devlopment versions, set ">0.0.0-0"
+      version: 15.2.5 ## To use devlopment versions, set ">0.0.0-0"
 #     pullSecretRef:
 #       name: museum-creds
 #       namespace: default