diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
index 819b837e9ba7..312eeff9ba2d 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: 6.4.2
+version: 6.5.0
 # renovate: github-releases=kubernetes/kube-state-metrics
 appVersion: 2.17.0
 home: https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics/
diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
index 94250924bff0..7212bd16b2d0 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ spec:
       {{ toYaml .Values.podAnnotations | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
     spec:
+      {{- if and (semverCompare ">=1.33-0" .Capabilities.KubeVersion.Version) (not (empty .Values.hostUsers)) }}
+      hostUsers: {{ ternary "true" "false" .Values.hostUsers }}
+      {{- end }}
       automountServiceAccountToken: {{ .Values.automountServiceAccountToken }}
       hostNetwork: {{ .Values.hostNetwork }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ template "kube-state-metrics.serviceAccountName" . }}
diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
index c2871052a3d3..656632566944 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ extraArgs: []
 # If false then the user will opt out of automounting API credentials.
 automountServiceAccountToken: true
 
+# -- Use the host's user namespace available in kubernetes 1.33+.
+hostUsers:
+
 service:
   port: 8080
   # Default to clusterIP for backward compatibility