diff --git a/cmd/ciReleaseDeploy.go b/cmd/ciReleaseDeploy.go
index feb5181..1385a2c 100644
--- a/cmd/ciReleaseDeploy.go
+++ b/cmd/ciReleaseDeploy.go
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ var ciReleaseDeployCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		deploymentTimeoutSeconds := 900
 		deploymentTimeoutDuration, err := time.ParseDuration(deploymentTimeout)
 		if err != nil {
-		    log.Println("Invalid deployment timeout duration, using default 15m.")
+			log.Println("Invalid deployment timeout duration, using default 15m.")
 		} else {
-		    deploymentTimeoutSeconds = int(deploymentTimeoutDuration.Seconds())
+			deploymentTimeoutSeconds = int(deploymentTimeoutDuration.Seconds())
 		}
 
 		// Chart value overrides
@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ var ciReleaseDeployCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			command := fmt.Sprintf("helm repo add '%s' '%s'", "wunderio", chartRepository)
 			exec.Command("bash", "-c", command).Run()
 
+			// Make sure repositories are up to date
+			command = "helm repo update"
+			exec.Command("bash", "-c", command).Run()
+
 			// Delete existing jobs to prevent getting wrong log output
 			command = fmt.Sprintf("kubectl delete job '%s-post-release' --namespace '%s' --ignore-not-found", releaseName, namespace)
 			exec.Command("bash", "-c", command).Run()
diff --git a/cmd/ciReleaseValidate.go b/cmd/ciReleaseValidate.go
index 8a734db..041efcd 100644
--- a/cmd/ciReleaseValidate.go
+++ b/cmd/ciReleaseValidate.go
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@ var ciReleaseValidateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 		if chartName == "drupal" || strings.HasSuffix(chartName, "/drupal") {
 
+			// Add helm repositories
+			command := fmt.Sprintf("helm repo add '%s' '%s'", "wunderio", chartRepository)
+			exec.Command("bash", "-c", command).Run()
+
+			// Make sure repositories are up to date
+			command = "helm repo update"
+			exec.Command("bash", "-c", command).Run()
+
 			_, errDir := os.Stat(common.ExtendedFolder + "/drupal")
 			if os.IsNotExist(errDir) == false {
 				chartName = common.ExtendedFolder + "/drupal"
@@ -117,7 +125,7 @@ var ciReleaseValidateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			fmt.Printf("Deploying %s helm release %s in %s namespace\n", chartName, releaseName, namespace)
 
 			// TODO: rewrite the timeout handling and log printing after helm release
-			command := fmt.Sprintf(`
+			command = fmt.Sprintf(`
 			set -Eeuo pipefail
 
 			RELEASE_NAME='%s'