diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5e9f22301..e6896de79 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,10 +37,13 @@ Kubernetes itself and applications running on top of it.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-Version `>=0.2.0` of the Prometheus Operator requires a Kubernetes
-cluster of version `>=1.5.0`. If you are just starting out with the 
+Version `>=0.18.0` of the Prometheus Operator requires a Kubernetes
+cluster of version `>=1.8.0`. If you are just starting out with the
 Prometheus Operator, it is highly recommended to use the latest version.
 
+If you have an older version of Kubernetes and the Prometheus Operator running,
+we recommend upgrading Kubernetes first and then the Prometheus Operator.
+
 If you have previously used pre-1.5.0 releases of Kubernetes with the `0.1.0` 
 version of the Prometheus Operator, see the [migration](#migration) section.
 
diff --git a/helm/prometheus-operator/Chart.yaml b/helm/prometheus-operator/Chart.yaml
index 4883775f6..4081d66ee 100644
--- a/helm/prometheus-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/prometheus-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ maintainers:
 name: prometheus-operator
 sources:
   - https://github.com/coreos/prometheus-operator
-version: 0.0.16
+version: 0.0.17
diff --git a/helm/prometheus-operator/templates/_helpers.tpl b/helm/prometheus-operator/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 731123af7..1a6f26e99 100644
--- a/helm/prometheus-operator/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/helm/prometheus-operator/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -28,9 +28,5 @@ If release name contains chart name it will be used as a full name.
 Return the appropriate apiVersion value to use for the prometheus-operator managed k8s resources
 */}}
 {{- define "prometheus-operator.apiVersion" -}}
-{{- if lt .Values.image.tag "v0.12.0" }}
-{{- printf "%s" "monitoring.coreos.com/v1alpha1" -}}
-{{- else -}}
 {{- printf "%s" "monitoring.coreos.com/v1" -}}
 {{- end -}}
-{{- end -}}
diff --git a/helm/prometheus-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/prometheus-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index 5141c396b..ddeaebda5 100644
--- a/helm/prometheus-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/prometheus-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ spec:
           {{- end }}
             - --prometheus-config-reloader={{ .Values.prometheusConfigReloader.repository }}:{{ .Values.prometheusConfigReloader.tag }}
             - --config-reloader-image={{ .Values.configmapReload.repository }}:{{ .Values.configmapReload.tag }}
-          {{- if lt .Values.image.tag "v0.13.0" }}
-            - --analytics=false
-          {{- end }}
           ports:
             - containerPort: 8080
               name: http
@@ -45,4 +42,4 @@ spec:
     {{- if .Values.tolerations }}
       tolerations:
 {{ toYaml .Values.tolerations | indent 8 }}
-    {{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
+    {{- end }}