diff --git a/content/docs/setup/kubernetes/upgrade/steps/index.md b/content/docs/setup/kubernetes/upgrade/steps/index.md
index e7d25fafd2..c06b2606bb 100644
--- a/content/docs/setup/kubernetes/upgrade/steps/index.md
+++ b/content/docs/setup/kubernetes/upgrade/steps/index.md
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ the preferred upgrade option is to let Helm take care of the upgrade.
 1. Upgrade the `istio-init` chart to update all the Istio [Custom Resource Definitions](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/extend-kubernetes/api-extension/custom-resources/#customresourcedefinitions) (CRDs).
 
     {{< text bash >}}
-    $ helm upgrade --install istio-init install/kubernetes/helm/istio-init --namespace istio-system
+    $ helm upgrade --install --force istio-init install/kubernetes/helm/istio-init --namespace istio-system
     {{< /text >}}
 
 1. Check that all the CRD creation jobs completed successfully to verify that the Kubernetes API server received all the CRDs: