diff --git a/integration/render_test.go b/integration/render_test.go
index 834dc19da4d..f70d516e2f6 100644
--- a/integration/render_test.go
+++ b/integration/render_test.go
@@ -365,8 +365,112 @@ spec:
         pathType: ImplementationSpecific
 `,
 		}, {
-			description:      "Template with Release.namespace set from skaffold.yaml file",
-			dir:              "testdata/helm-namespace",
+			description:      "Template with Release.namespace set from skaffold.yaml file deploy.helm.releases.namespace",
+			dir:              "testdata/helm-deploy-namespace",
+			withoutBuildJSON: true,
+			expectedOut: `apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: skaffold-helm
+    skaffold.dev/run-id: phony-run-id
+  name: skaffold-helm
+  namespace: helm-namespace
+spec:
+  replicas: 2
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: skaffold-helm
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: skaffold-helm
+        skaffold.dev/run-id: phony-run-id
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: skaffold-helm:latest
+        name: skaffold-helm
+`,
+		}, {
+			description:      "Template with Release.namespace set from skaffold.yaml file manifests.helm.releases.namespace",
+			dir:              "testdata/helm-manifests-namespace",
+			withoutBuildJSON: true,
+			expectedOut: `apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: skaffold-helm
+    skaffold.dev/run-id: phony-run-id
+  name: skaffold-helm
+  namespace: helm-namespace
+spec:
+  replicas: 2
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: skaffold-helm
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: skaffold-helm
+        skaffold.dev/run-id: phony-run-id
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: skaffold-helm:latest
+        name: skaffold-helm
+`,
+		}, {
+			description:      "Template with Release.namespace set from skaffold.yaml file manifests.helm.releases.namespace and deploy.helm.releases.namespace",
+			dir:              "testdata/helm-manifests-and-deploy-namespace",
+			withoutBuildJSON: true,
+			expectedOut: `apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: skaffold-helm
+    skaffold.dev/run-id: phony-run-id
+  name: skaffold-helm
+  namespace: helm-namespace-1
+spec:
+  replicas: 2
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: skaffold-helm
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: skaffold-helm
+        skaffold.dev/run-id: phony-run-id
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: skaffold-helm:latest
+        name: skaffold-helm
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: skaffold-helm
+    skaffold.dev/run-id: phony-run-id
+  name: skaffold-helm
+  namespace: helm-namespace-2
+spec:
+  replicas: 2
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: skaffold-helm
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: skaffold-helm
+        skaffold.dev/run-id: phony-run-id
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: skaffold-helm:latest
+        name: skaffold-helm
+`,
+		}, {
+			description:      "Template with Release.namespace set from skaffold.yaml file deploy.helm.releases.namespace - v1 skaffold schema",
+			dir:              "testdata/helm-deploy-namespace-v1-schema",
 			withoutBuildJSON: true,
 			expectedOut: `apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
diff --git a/integration/testdata/helm-namespace/charts/Chart.yaml b/integration/testdata/helm-deploy-namespace-v1-schema/charts/Chart.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from integration/testdata/helm-namespace/charts/Chart.yaml
rename to integration/testdata/helm-deploy-namespace-v1-schema/charts/Chart.yaml
diff --git a/integration/testdata/helm-namespace/charts/templates/deployment.yaml b/integration/testdata/helm-deploy-namespace-v1-schema/charts/templates/deployment.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from integration/testdata/helm-namespace/charts/templates/deployment.yaml
rename to integration/testdata/helm-deploy-namespace-v1-schema/charts/templates/deployment.yaml
diff --git a/integration/testdata/helm-namespace/charts/values.yaml b/integration/testdata/helm-deploy-namespace-v1-schema/charts/values.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from integration/testdata/helm-namespace/charts/values.yaml
rename to integration/testdata/helm-deploy-namespace-v1-schema/charts/values.yaml
diff --git a/integration/testdata/helm-deploy-namespace-v1-schema/skaffold.yaml b/integration/testdata/helm-deploy-namespace-v1-schema/skaffold.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..27deff4c36a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/testdata/helm-deploy-namespace-v1-schema/skaffold.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+apiVersion: skaffold/v2beta29
+kind: Config
+
+deploy:
+  helm:
+    releases:
+      - name: skaffold-helm
+        chartPath: charts
+        namespace: helm-namespace
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/integration/testdata/helm-deploy-namespace/charts/Chart.yaml b/integration/testdata/helm-deploy-namespace/charts/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82cbe036a7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/testdata/helm-deploy-namespace/charts/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+description: Skaffold example with Helm
+name: skaffold-helm
+version: 0.1.0
diff --git a/integration/testdata/helm-deploy-namespace/charts/templates/deployment.yaml b/integration/testdata/helm-deploy-namespace/charts/templates/deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aea1d4fdd3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/testdata/helm-deploy-namespace/charts/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+  replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+        image: {{ .Values.image }}
diff --git a/integration/testdata/helm-deploy-namespace/charts/values.yaml b/integration/testdata/helm-deploy-namespace/charts/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b5041524234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/testdata/helm-deploy-namespace/charts/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Default values for skaffold-helm.
+# This is a YAML-formatted file.
+# Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
+replicaCount: 2
+image: skaffold-helm:latest
diff --git a/integration/testdata/helm-namespace/skaffold.yaml b/integration/testdata/helm-deploy-namespace/skaffold.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from integration/testdata/helm-namespace/skaffold.yaml
rename to integration/testdata/helm-deploy-namespace/skaffold.yaml
diff --git a/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-and-deploy-namespace/charts/Chart.yaml b/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-and-deploy-namespace/charts/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82cbe036a7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-and-deploy-namespace/charts/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+description: Skaffold example with Helm
+name: skaffold-helm
+version: 0.1.0
diff --git a/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-and-deploy-namespace/charts/templates/deployment.yaml b/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-and-deploy-namespace/charts/templates/deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aea1d4fdd3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-and-deploy-namespace/charts/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+  replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+        image: {{ .Values.image }}
diff --git a/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-and-deploy-namespace/charts/values.yaml b/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-and-deploy-namespace/charts/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b5041524234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-and-deploy-namespace/charts/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Default values for skaffold-helm.
+# This is a YAML-formatted file.
+# Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
+replicaCount: 2
+image: skaffold-helm:latest
diff --git a/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-and-deploy-namespace/skaffold.yaml b/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-and-deploy-namespace/skaffold.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..57df4e3a137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-and-deploy-namespace/skaffold.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+apiVersion: skaffold/v4beta2
+kind: Config
+manifests:
+  helm:
+    releases:
+      - name: skaffold-helm
+        chartPath: charts
+        namespace: helm-namespace-1
+deploy:
+  helm:
+    releases:
+      - name: skaffold-helm
+        chartPath: charts
+        namespace: helm-namespace-2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-namespace/charts/Chart.yaml b/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-namespace/charts/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82cbe036a7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-namespace/charts/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+description: Skaffold example with Helm
+name: skaffold-helm
+version: 0.1.0
diff --git a/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-namespace/charts/templates/deployment.yaml b/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-namespace/charts/templates/deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aea1d4fdd3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-namespace/charts/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+  replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+        image: {{ .Values.image }}
diff --git a/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-namespace/charts/values.yaml b/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-namespace/charts/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b5041524234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-namespace/charts/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Default values for skaffold-helm.
+# This is a YAML-formatted file.
+# Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
+replicaCount: 2
+image: skaffold-helm:latest
diff --git a/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-namespace/skaffold.yaml b/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-namespace/skaffold.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b41e74c56c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/testdata/helm-manifests-namespace/skaffold.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+apiVersion: skaffold/v4beta2
+kind: Config
+manifests:
+  helm:
+    releases:
+      - name: skaffold-helm
+        chartPath: charts
+        namespace: helm-namespace
\ No newline at end of file