diff --git a/values-local.yaml.example b/values-local.yaml.example
index 6a3edbe3cfb84035f951e8086331ef6feb90bd90..927720357d0499d8570c10ffd9f3a9beb49a5198 100644
--- a/values-local.yaml.example
+++ b/values-local.yaml.example
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ wordpress:
     theme: twentynineteen
     # NOTE: Make sure you use underscore and that the localisation is in full caps
     locale: en_US
-    version: 5.2.3
+    # NOTE: Optionally set a Wordpress version number to override the default version: in values.yaml
+    # version: LOCAL-WORDPRESS-VERSION-NUMBER-OR-DELETE-THIS-LINE
     # NOTE: This is the URL that points to your WordPress installation. If this
     # URL is set incorrectly your site will most likely not work. You can not
     # change it after you have run helm install once because WordPress saves the
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 7fdef777cae7f32c62a66793ccf153a5fc291c41..d5312f22af87133e820ef05cd9b4a56e33bfe537 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ wordpress:
     theme_fallback: twentytwenty
     # NOTE: Make sure you use underscore and that the localisation is in full caps
     locale: en_US
-    version: 5.2.3
+    version: 5.4.1
     url: "http://localhost"
     title: "Wordpress Helm"
     ## If including a plugin to alias wp login then set an alt_path and set the alt_config