diff --git a/incubator/couchdb/Chart.yaml b/incubator/couchdb/Chart.yaml
index ab4db0a29bc1..3d6d50d66c0b 100644
--- a/incubator/couchdb/Chart.yaml
+++ b/incubator/couchdb/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: couchdb
-version: 0.2.2
+version: 1.0.0
 appVersion: 2.2.0
 description: A database featuring seamless multi-master sync, that scales from
   big data to mobile, with an intuitive HTTP/JSON API and designed for
diff --git a/incubator/couchdb/README.md b/incubator/couchdb/README.md
index 846e738edee5..312f32050d56 100644
--- a/incubator/couchdb/README.md
+++ b/incubator/couchdb/README.md
@@ -67,6 +67,23 @@ $ helm delete my-release
 The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 deletes the release.
 
+## Upgrading an existing Release to a new major version
+
+A major chart version change (like v0.2.3 -> v1.0.0) indicates that there is an
+incompatible breaking change needing manual actions.
+
+### 1.0.0
+
+This version removes the `chart` and `heritage` labels from the
+`volumeClaimTemplates` which is immutable and prevents chart from being upgraded
+(see https://github.com/helm/charts/issues/7803 for details).
+
+In order to upgrade, delete the CouchDB StatefulSet before upgrading:
+
+```bash
+$ kubectl delete statefulsets --cascade=false my-release-couchdb
+```
+
 ## Configuration
 
 The following table lists the most commonly configured parameters of the
diff --git a/incubator/couchdb/templates/statefulset.yaml b/incubator/couchdb/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 35e153363226..16da6d971d31 100644
--- a/incubator/couchdb/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/incubator/couchdb/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -133,9 +133,7 @@ spec:
         name: database-storage
         labels:
           app: {{ template "couchdb.name" . }}
-          chart: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}
           release: {{ .Release.Name }}
-          heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
       spec:
         accessModes:
         {{- range .Values.persistentVolume.accessModes }}