diff --git a/commands/upgrade.go b/commands/upgrade.go
index bf9ab2195..04070b10b 100644
--- a/commands/upgrade.go
+++ b/commands/upgrade.go
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ func initUpgradeFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().String(cli.FlagVersionMetadataURL, "https://check.percona.com", "URL to retrieve version metadata information from")
 	cmd.Flags().Bool(cli.FlagSkipEnvDetection, false, "Skip detecting Kubernetes environment where Everest is installed")
 
+	cmd.Flags().String(helm.FlagChartDir, "", "Path to the chart directory. If not set, the chart will be downloaded from the repository")
+	cmd.Flags().MarkHidden(helm.FlagChartDir) //nolint:errcheck,gosec
 	cmd.Flags().String(helm.FlagRepository, helm.DefaultHelmRepoURL, "Helm chart repository to download the Everest charts from")
 	cmd.Flags().StringSlice(helm.FlagHelmSet, []string{}, "Set helm values on the command line (can specify multiple values with commas: key1=val1,key2=val2)")
 	cmd.Flags().StringSliceP(helm.FlagHelmValues, "f", []string{}, "Specify values in a YAML file or a URL (can specify multiple)")
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@ func initUpgradeViperFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 
 	viper.BindPFlag(upgrade.FlagSkipEnvDetection, cmd.Flags().Lookup(upgrade.FlagSkipEnvDetection)) //nolint:errcheck,gosec
 
+	viper.BindPFlag(helm.FlagChartDir, cmd.Flags().Lookup(helm.FlagChartDir))                                 //nolint:errcheck,gosec
 	viper.BindPFlag(helm.FlagRepository, cmd.Flags().Lookup(helm.FlagRepository))                             //nolint:errcheck,gosec
 	viper.BindPFlag(helm.FlagHelmSet, cmd.Flags().Lookup(helm.FlagHelmSet))                                   //nolint:errcheck,gosec
 	viper.BindPFlag(helm.FlagHelmValues, cmd.Flags().Lookup(helm.FlagHelmValues))                             //nolint:errcheck,gosec
diff --git a/pkg/cli/upgrade/steps.go b/pkg/cli/upgrade/steps.go
index 26749689c..56848b3ad 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/upgrade/steps.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/upgrade/steps.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package upgrade
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/AlekSi/pointer"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/cli/values"
@@ -189,10 +190,16 @@ func (u *Upgrade) helmAdoptDBNamespaces(ctx context.Context, namespace, version
 		ReleaseNamespace: namespace,
 		Values:           values,
 	}
+
+	var directory string
+	if u.config.ChartDir != "" {
+		directory = filepath.Join(u.config.ChartDir, "charts/everest-db-namespace")
+	}
 	if err := installer.Init(u.config.KubeconfigPath, helm.ChartOptions{
-		URL:     u.config.RepoURL,
-		Name:    helm.EverestDBNamespaceChartName,
-		Version: version,
+		URL:       u.config.RepoURL,
+		Directory: directory,
+		Name:      helm.EverestDBNamespaceChartName,
+		Version:   version,
 	}); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not initialize Helm installer: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/cli/upgrade/upgrade.go b/pkg/cli/upgrade/upgrade.go
index 9969c4ecc..4c63d0155 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/upgrade/upgrade.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/upgrade/upgrade.go
@@ -225,9 +225,10 @@ func (u *Upgrade) setupHelmInstaller(ctx context.Context) error {
 		Values:           values,
 	}
 	if err := installer.Init(u.config.KubeconfigPath, helm.ChartOptions{
-		URL:     u.config.RepoURL,
-		Name:    helm.EverestChartName,
-		Version: u.upgradeToVersion,
+		URL:       u.config.RepoURL,
+		Directory: u.config.ChartDir,
+		Name:      helm.EverestChartName,
+		Version:   u.upgradeToVersion,
 	}); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not initialize Helm installer: %w", err)
 	}