diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
index d9c9392db5f8..7d4fa5180c2d 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ keywords:
   - prometheus
   - kubernetes
 type: application
-version: 5.27.1
+version: 5.28.0
 appVersion: 2.14.0
 home: https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics/
 sources:
diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
index 29a74b80d441..bc93d42b714e 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+        {{- if .Values.env }}
+        {{- toYaml .Values.env | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- end }}
+        {{ else }}
+        {{- if .Values.env }}
+        env:
+        {{- toYaml .Values.env | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- end }}
         {{- end }}
         args:
         {{-  if .Values.extraArgs  }}
diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
index ddfdd22fd6b4..948eb587269a 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
@@ -160,6 +160,13 @@ serviceAccount:
   # If false then the user will opt out of automounting API credentials.
   automountServiceAccountToken: true
 
+# Additional Environment variables
+env: {}
+  # - name: GOMAXPROCS
+  #   valueFrom:
+  #     resourceFieldRef:
+  #       resource: limits.cpu
+
 prometheus:
   monitor:
     enabled: false