diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 15d04820d..bf49fc087 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.18.0
-	github.com/werf/nelm v1.17.2-0.20251113141246-0e0ea9049efe
+	github.com/werf/nelm v1.18.1-0.20251128101624-0116483ae155
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.5
 	gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 550a3b5c9..fc0955271 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -544,8 +544,8 @@ github.com/werf/lockgate v0.1.1 h1:S400JFYjtWfE4i4LY9FA8zx0fMdfui9DPrBiTciCrx4=
 github.com/werf/lockgate v0.1.1/go.mod h1:0yIFSLq9ausy6ejNxF5uUBf/Ib6daMAfXuCaTMZJzIE=
 github.com/werf/logboek v0.6.1 h1:oEe6FkmlKg0z0n80oZjLplj6sXcBeLleCkjfOOZEL2g=
 github.com/werf/logboek v0.6.1/go.mod h1:Gez5J4bxekyr6MxTmIJyId1F61rpO+0/V4vjCIEIZmk=
-github.com/werf/nelm v1.17.2-0.20251113141246-0e0ea9049efe h1:buWARaRTc8Xlq9rlTsHUrLsrFGstC7nupSCkophOxv4=
-github.com/werf/nelm v1.17.2-0.20251113141246-0e0ea9049efe/go.mod h1:nMH3ZVono+IUvun+RaSCvZCWkGUOfAMhPNkOI+UPeJA=
+github.com/werf/nelm v1.18.1-0.20251128101624-0116483ae155 h1:gWWIJdgawfb1dvqQWpZ4jzm4sOHgnDp7HQF95+jAgzw=
+github.com/werf/nelm v1.18.1-0.20251128101624-0116483ae155/go.mod h1:V3fEi7u60qJvHnMLyXyuKjMDMSFy54vFMgyIgHjBGGU=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 h1:qLwI1I70+NjRFUR3zs1JPUCgaCXSh3SW62uAKT1mSBM=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4/go.mod h1:14CWIYCyZA/cWjXOioeEpHeN/83MdbZDRQHoFcYsOfg=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20180127040702-4e3ac2762d5f/go.mod h1:N2zxlSyiKSe5eX1tZViRH5QA0qijqEDrYZiPEAiq3wU=
diff --git a/pkg/helm/client/client.go b/pkg/helm/client/client.go
index b541ed69d..ad989dc09 100644
--- a/pkg/helm/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/helm/client/client.go
@@ -16,5 +16,4 @@ type HelmClient interface {
 	IsReleaseExists(releaseName string) (bool, error)
 	WithLogLabels(map[string]string)
 	WithExtraLabels(map[string]string)
-	WithExtraAnnotations(map[string]string)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/helm/helm.go b/pkg/helm/helm.go
index a204ef0f1..b5f072ef9 100644
--- a/pkg/helm/helm.go
+++ b/pkg/helm/helm.go
@@ -32,25 +32,11 @@ func WithLogLabels(logLabels map[string]string) ClientOption {
 	}
 }
 
-func WithExtraAnnotations(annotations map[string]string) ClientOption {
-	return func(c client.HelmClient) {
-		c.WithExtraAnnotations(annotations)
-	}
-}
-
 func (f *ClientFactory) NewClient(logger *log.Logger, options ...ClientOption) client.HelmClient {
 	if f.NewClientFn != nil {
 		labels := maps.Clone(f.labels)
 		c := f.NewClientFn(logger, labels)
 
-		// Add werf.io/skip-logs and werf.io/track-termination-mode annotations when using nelm
-		if f.ClientType == Nelm {
-			c.WithExtraAnnotations(map[string]string{
-				"werf.io/skip-logs":              "true",
-				"werf.io/track-termination-mode": "NonBlocking",
-			})
-		}
-
 		for _, option := range options {
 			option(c)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/helm/nelm/nelm.go b/pkg/helm/nelm/nelm.go
index 636474e52..3dea5eb16 100644
--- a/pkg/helm/nelm/nelm.go
+++ b/pkg/helm/nelm/nelm.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/deckhouse/deckhouse/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/werf/nelm/pkg/action"
 	"github.com/werf/nelm/pkg/common"
+	"github.com/werf/nelm/pkg/featgate"
 	nelmLog "github.com/werf/nelm/pkg/log"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/cli"
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
@@ -93,6 +94,8 @@ func NewNelmClient(opts *CommonOptions, logger *log.Logger, labels map[string]st
 		maps.Copy(clientLabels, labels)
 	}
 
+	featgate.FeatCleanNullFields.Enable()
+
 	return &NelmClient{
 		logger:  logger.With("operator.component", "nelm"),
 		labels:  clientLabels,
@@ -235,20 +238,22 @@ func (c *NelmClient) UpgradeRelease(releaseName, modulePath string, valuesPaths
 			ValuesSet:   setValues,
 		},
 		TrackingOptions: common.TrackingOptions{
-			NoPodLogs: true,
+			NoPodLogs:       true,
+			NoFinalTracking: true,
 		},
-		Chart:                   modulePath,
-		DefaultChartName:        releaseName,
-		DefaultChartVersion:     "0.2.0",
-		DefaultChartAPIVersion:  "v2",
-		ExtraLabels:             c.labels,
-		ExtraAnnotations:        extraAnnotations,
-		NoInstallStandaloneCRDs: true,
-		ReleaseHistoryLimit:     int(c.opts.HistoryMax),
-		ReleaseLabels:           releaseLabels,
-		ReleaseStorageDriver:    c.opts.HelmDriver,
-		Timeout:                 c.opts.Timeout,
-		ForceAdoption:           true,
+		Chart:                    modulePath,
+		DefaultChartName:         releaseName,
+		DefaultChartVersion:      "0.2.0",
+		DefaultChartAPIVersion:   "v2",
+		DefaultDeletePropagation: "Background",
+		ExtraLabels:              c.labels,
+		ExtraAnnotations:         extraAnnotations,
+		NoInstallStandaloneCRDs:  true,
+		ReleaseHistoryLimit:      int(c.opts.HistoryMax),
+		ReleaseLabels:            releaseLabels,
+		ReleaseStorageDriver:     c.opts.HelmDriver,
+		Timeout:                  c.opts.Timeout,
+		ForceAdoption:            true,
 	}); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("install nelm release %q: %w", releaseName, err)
 	}
@@ -330,11 +335,13 @@ func (c *NelmClient) DeleteRelease(releaseName string) error {
 			KubeContextCurrent: c.opts.KubeContext,
 		},
 		TrackingOptions: common.TrackingOptions{
-			NoPodLogs: true,
+			NoPodLogs:       true,
+			NoFinalTracking: true,
 		},
-		ReleaseHistoryLimit:  int(c.opts.HistoryMax),
-		ReleaseStorageDriver: c.opts.HelmDriver,
-		Timeout:              c.opts.Timeout,
+		ReleaseHistoryLimit:      int(c.opts.HistoryMax),
+		DefaultDeletePropagation: "Background",
+		ReleaseStorageDriver:     c.opts.HelmDriver,
+		Timeout:                  c.opts.Timeout,
 	}); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("nelm uninstall release %q: %w", releaseName, err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/helm/test/mock/mock.go b/pkg/helm/test/mock/mock.go
index 0424c591e..10d150a0a 100644
--- a/pkg/helm/test/mock/mock.go
+++ b/pkg/helm/test/mock/mock.go
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ func (c *Client) WithLogLabels(_ map[string]string) {
 func (c *Client) WithExtraLabels(_ map[string]string) {
 }
 
-func (c *Client) WithExtraAnnotations(_ map[string]string) {
-}
-
 func (c *Client) GetReleaseLabels(_, _ string) (string, error) {
 	return "", nil
 }