diff --git a/helm/extensions.bzl b/helm/extensions.bzl
index c184523..f031df8 100644
--- a/helm/extensions.bzl
+++ b/helm/extensions.bzl
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ def _helm_impl(module_ctx):
         helm_host_alias_repository(
             name = host_tools_attrs.name,
             toolchain_repo_prefix = "helm_toolchains__{}".format(host_tools_attrs.version),
+            version = host_tools_attrs.version,
         )
 
     return module_ctx.extension_metadata(
diff --git a/helm/private/repositories.bzl b/helm/private/repositories.bzl
index d82a5d0..589c06c 100644
--- a/helm/private/repositories.bzl
+++ b/helm/private/repositories.bzl
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 """Helm dependencies"""
 
+load(
+    "//helm/private:versions.bzl",
+    "DEFAULT_HELM_VERSION",
+)
+
 _HELM_TOOLCHAIN_BUILD_CONTENT = """\
 load("@rules_helm//helm:helm_toolchain.bzl", "helm_toolchain")
 
@@ -221,17 +226,23 @@ def _helm_host_alias_repository_impl(repository_ctx):
     ext = ".exe" if is_windows else ""
 
     repository_ctx.file("BUILD.bazel", """# @generated by @rules_helm//helm/private/repositories.bzl
+load("@bazel_lib//lib:copy_file.bzl", "copy_file")
+
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
-exports_files(["helm{ext}"])
-""".format(
-        ext = ext,
-    ))
 
-    repository_ctx.symlink("../{prefix}_{platform}_bin/helm{ext}".format(
+copy_file(
+    name = "helm",
+    src = "@{prefix}_{platform}_bin//:helm_bin",
+    out = "helm-{version}{ext}",
+    is_executable = True,
+    allow_symlink = True,
+)
+""".format(
         prefix = repository_ctx.attr.toolchain_repo_prefix,
         platform = _platform(repository_ctx),
         ext = ext,
-    ), "helm{ext}".format(ext = ext))
+        version = repository_ctx.attr.version,
+    ))
 
 helm_host_alias_repository = repository_rule(
     implementation = _helm_host_alias_repository_impl,
@@ -243,6 +254,10 @@ helm_host_alias_repository = repository_rule(
             doc = "The name prefix for binary repos to symlink to. The host alias constructs the full repo name as {prefix}_{platform}_bin.",
             mandatory = True,
         ),
+        "version": attr.string(
+            doc = "The version of helm to use for host tools.",
+            default = DEFAULT_HELM_VERSION,
+        ),
     },
 )