diff --git a/charts/external-snapshotter/.helmignore b/charts/external-snapshotter/.helmignore
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+++ b/charts/external-snapshotter/.helmignore
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+# Patterns to ignore when building packages.
+# This supports shell glob matching, relative path matching, and
+# negation (prefixed with !). Only one pattern per line.
+.DS_Store
+# Common VCS dirs
+.git/
+.gitignore
+.bzr/
+.bzrignore
+.hg/
+.hgignore
+.svn/
+# Common backup files
+*.swp
+*.bak
+*.tmp
+*.orig
+*~
+# Various IDEs
+.project
+.idea/
+*.tmproj
+.vscode/
diff --git a/charts/external-snapshotter/Chart.yaml b/charts/external-snapshotter/Chart.yaml
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+++ b/charts/external-snapshotter/Chart.yaml
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+apiVersion: v2
+name: external-snapshotter
+description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
+# A chart can be either an 'application' or a 'library' chart.
+#
+# Application charts are a collection of templates that can be packaged into versioned archives
+# to be deployed.
+#
+# Library charts provide useful utilities or functions for the chart developer. They're included as
+# a dependency of application charts to inject those utilities and functions into the rendering
+# pipeline. Library charts do not define any templates and therefore cannot be deployed.
+type: application
+# This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
+# to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
+# Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
+version: 0.0.1
+# This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
+# incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
+# follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
+# It is recommended to use it with quotes.
+appVersion: "6.0.1"
diff --git a/charts/external-snapshotter/crds/external-snapshotter.crds.yaml b/charts/external-snapshotter/crds/external-snapshotter.crds.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3874955e1
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+++ b/charts/external-snapshotter/crds/external-snapshotter.crds.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: snapshot-controller
+  namespace: kube-system
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Role
+metadata:
+  name: snapshot-controller-leaderelection
+  namespace: kube-system
+rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+      - coordination.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - leases
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - watch
+      - list
+      - delete
+      - update
+      - create
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: snapshot-controller-runner
+rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - persistentvolumes
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - persistentvolumeclaims
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+      - update
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - events
+    verbs:
+      - list
+      - watch
+      - create
+      - update
+      - patch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - snapshot.storage.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - volumesnapshotclasses
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - snapshot.storage.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - volumesnapshotcontents
+    verbs:
+      - create
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+      - update
+      - delete
+      - patch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - snapshot.storage.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - volumesnapshotcontents/status
+    verbs:
+      - patch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - snapshot.storage.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - volumesnapshots
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+      - update
+      - patch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - snapshot.storage.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - volumesnapshots/status
+    verbs:
+      - update
+      - patch
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: snapshot-controller-leaderelection
+  namespace: kube-system
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: Role
+  name: snapshot-controller-leaderelection
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: snapshot-controller
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: snapshot-controller-role
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: snapshot-controller-runner
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: snapshot-controller
+    namespace: kube-system
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: snapshot-controller
+  namespace: kube-system
+spec:
+  minReadySeconds: 15
+  replicas: 2
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: snapshot-controller
+  strategy:
+    rollingUpdate:
+      maxSurge: 0
+      maxUnavailable: 1
+    type: RollingUpdate
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: snapshot-controller
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - args:
+            - --v=5
+            - --leader-election=true
+          image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-sig-storage/snapshot-controller:v6.0.1
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          name: snapshot-controller
+      serviceAccountName: snapshot-controller
diff --git a/charts/external-snapshotter/templates/snapshot-controller.yaml b/charts/external-snapshotter/templates/snapshot-controller.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2ad69834
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+++ b/charts/external-snapshotter/templates/snapshot-controller.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: snapshot-controller
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Role
+metadata:
+  name: snapshot-controller-leaderelection
+rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+      - coordination.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - leases
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - watch
+      - list
+      - delete
+      - update
+      - create
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: snapshot-controller-runner
+rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - persistentvolumes
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - persistentvolumeclaims
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+      - update
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - events
+    verbs:
+      - list
+      - watch
+      - create
+      - update
+      - patch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - snapshot.storage.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - volumesnapshotclasses
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - snapshot.storage.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - volumesnapshotcontents
+    verbs:
+      - create
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+      - update
+      - delete
+      - patch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - snapshot.storage.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - volumesnapshotcontents/status
+    verbs:
+      - patch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - snapshot.storage.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - volumesnapshots
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+      - update
+      - patch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - snapshot.storage.k8s.io
+    resources:
+      - volumesnapshots/status
+    verbs:
+      - update
+      - patch
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: snapshot-controller-leaderelection
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: Role
+  name: snapshot-controller-leaderelection
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: snapshot-controller
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: snapshot-controller-role
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: snapshot-controller-runner
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: snapshot-controller
+    namespace: kube-system
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: snapshot-controller
+spec:
+  minReadySeconds: 15
+  replicas: 2
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: snapshot-controller
+  strategy:
+    rollingUpdate:
+      maxSurge: 0
+      maxUnavailable: 1
+    type: RollingUpdate
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: snapshot-controller
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - args:
+            - --v=5
+            - --leader-election=true
+          image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-sig-storage/snapshot-controller:v6.0.1
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          name: snapshot-controller
+      serviceAccountName: snapshot-controller
diff --git a/charts/external-snapshotter/values.yaml b/charts/external-snapshotter/values.yaml
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index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/release-tools/update-helm-charts.sh b/release-tools/update-helm-charts.sh
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+# update crds
+rm charts/external-snapshotter/crds/*
+kubectl kustomize deploy/kubernetes/snapshot-controller | yq 'del(.metadata.creationTimestamp)' > charts/external-snapshotter/crds/external-snapshotter.crds.yaml
+
+# update templates
+rm charts/external-snapshotter/templates/*
+kubectl kustomize deploy/kubernetes/snapshot-controller | yq 'del(.metadata.namespace)' > charts/external-snapshotter/templates/snapshot-controller.yaml
+
+cp charts/external-snapshotter/Chart.yaml .tmp.Chart.yaml
+
+# update version
+yq '.version | capture("(?P<n>[0-9]$)") | .n tag= "!!int" | load(".tmp.Chart.yaml") * {"version": (load(".tmp.Chart.yaml") | .version | capture("(?P<n>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.)[0-9]+$") | .n) + .n + 1}' .tmp.Chart.yaml > charts/external-snapshotter/Chart.yaml
+
+cp charts/external-snapshotter/Chart.yaml .tmp.Chart.yaml
+
+# update appVersion
+kubectl kustomize deploy/kubernetes/snapshot-controller | yq 'select(.kind == "Deployment") | .spec.template.spec.containers[] | select(.name == "snapshot-controller") | .image | capture(".*v(?P<n>[0-9\.]+)") | load(".tmp.Chart.yaml") * {"appVersion": .n}' > charts/external-snapshotter/Chart.yaml
+
+rm .tmp.Chart.yaml