diff --git a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/Chart.yaml b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/Chart.yaml
index 5b330ea439c8..ace99b32dd98 100644
--- a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/Chart.yaml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ name: cluster-autoscaler
 sources:
   - https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/tree/master/cluster-autoscaler
 type: application
-version: 9.15.0
+version: 9.16.0
diff --git a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/README.md b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/README.md
index a55d3efd0f87..5ac0858892ab 100644
--- a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/README.md
+++ b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/README.md
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ Though enough for the majority of installations, the default PodSecurityPolicy _
 | cloudConfigPath | string | `"/etc/gce.conf"` | Configuration file for cloud provider. |
 | cloudProvider | string | `"aws"` | The cloud provider where the autoscaler runs. Currently only `gce`, `aws`, `azure`, `magnum` and `clusterapi` are supported. `aws` supported for AWS. `gce` for GCE. `azure` for Azure AKS. `magnum` for OpenStack Magnum, `clusterapi` for Cluster API. |
 | clusterAPICloudConfigPath | string | `"/etc/kubernetes/mgmt-kubeconfig"` | Path to kubeconfig for connecting to Cluster API Management Cluster, only used if `clusterAPIMode=kubeconfig-kubeconfig or incluster-kubeconfig` |
+| clusterAPIConfigMapsNamespace | string | `""` | Namespace on the workload cluster to store Leader election and status configmaps |
 | clusterAPIKubeconfigSecret | string | `""` | Secret containing kubeconfig for connecting to Cluster API managed workloadcluster Required if `cloudProvider=clusterapi` and `clusterAPIMode=kubeconfig-kubeconfig,kubeconfig-incluster or incluster-kubeconfig` |
 | clusterAPIMode | string | `"incluster-incluster"` | Cluster API mode, see https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/blob/master/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/clusterapi/README.md#connecting-cluster-autoscaler-to-cluster-api-management-and-workload-clusters Syntax: workloadClusterMode-ManagementClusterMode for `kubeconfig-kubeconfig`, `incluster-kubeconfig` and `single-kubeconfig` you always must mount the external kubeconfig using either `extraVolumeSecrets` or `extraMounts` and `extraVolumes` if you dont set `clusterAPIKubeconfigSecret`and thus use an in-cluster config or want to use a non capi generated kubeconfig you must do so for the workload kubeconfig as well |
 | clusterAPIWorkloadKubeconfigPath | string | `"/etc/kubernetes/value"` | Path to kubeconfig for connecting to Cluster API managed workloadcluster, only used if `clusterAPIMode=kubeconfig-kubeconfig or kubeconfig-incluster` |