diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
index 071e8d767d4b..d20937eb6f3a 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ keywords:
   - prometheus
   - kubernetes
 type: application
-version: 6.4.0
+version: 6.4.1
 # renovate: github-releases=kubernetes/kube-state-metrics
 appVersion: 2.17.0
 home: https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics/
diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
index cd1aa5f14576..67b3b78ae4c3 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ spec:
           name: metrics
         {{- end }}
         {{- end }}
+        {{- if not .Values.kubeRBACProxy.enabled }}
         {{- if .Values.startupProbe.enabled }}
         startupProbe:
           failureThreshold: {{ .Values.startupProbe.failureThreshold }}
@@ -239,6 +240,7 @@ spec:
           periodSeconds: {{ .Values.readinessProbe.periodSeconds }}
           successThreshold: {{ .Values.readinessProbe.successThreshold }}
           timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
+        {{- end }}
         resources:
 {{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 10 }}
 {{- if .Values.containerSecurityContext }}