diff --git a/stable/memcached/Chart.yaml b/stable/memcached/Chart.yaml
index 90e5ffc2e947..a9409889e469 100644
--- a/stable/memcached/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/memcached/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: memcached
-version: 2.5.0
-appVersion: 1.5.6
+version: 2.6.0
+appVersion: 1.5.12
 description: Free & open source, high-performance, distributed memory object caching
   system.
 keywords:
diff --git a/stable/memcached/README.md b/stable/memcached/README.md
index 7b9ec3468843..ee87509a4d1c 100644
--- a/stable/memcached/README.md
+++ b/stable/memcached/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the Memcached chart and
 | `extraVolumes`            | Volume definitions to add as string | Un-set                                              |
 | `kind`                    | Install as StatefulSet or Deployment | StatefulSet                                        |
 | `podAnnotations`          | Map of annotations to add to the pod(s) | `{}`                                            |
+| `nodeSelector`            | Simple pod scheduling control | `{}`                                            |
+| `tolerations`             | Allow or deny specific node taints | `{}`                                            |
+| `affinity`                | Advanced pod scheduling control | `{}`                                            |
 
 The above parameters map to `memcached` params. For more information please refer to the [Memcached documentation](https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ConfiguringServer).
 
diff --git a/stable/memcached/templates/statefulset.yaml b/stable/memcached/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 007c71fb2673..4b79fda728a3 100644
--- a/stable/memcached/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/stable/memcached/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -91,3 +91,11 @@ spec:
       nodeSelector:
 {{ toYaml . | trim | indent 8}}
 {{- end }}
+{{- with .Values.tolerations }}
+      tolerations:
+{{ toYaml . | trim | indent 8}}
+{{- end }}
+{{- with .Values.affinity }}
+      affinity:
+{{ toYaml . | trim | indent 8}}
+{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/stable/memcached/values.yaml b/stable/memcached/values.yaml
index a2c332679d70..c617f2e7d71d 100644
--- a/stable/memcached/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/memcached/values.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## Memcached image and tag
 ## ref: https://hub.docker.com/r/library/memcached/tags/
 ##
-image: memcached:1.5.6-alpine
+image: memcached:1.5.12-alpine
 
 ## Specify a imagePullPolicy
 ## 'Always' if imageTag is 'latest', else set to 'IfNotPresent'
@@ -44,8 +44,17 @@ resources:
     memory: 64Mi
     cpu: 50m
 
+## Key:value pair for assigning pod to specific sets of nodes
+## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/
 nodeSelector: {}
 
+## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/taint-and-toleration/
+tolerations: {}
+
+## Advanced scheduling controls
+## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/
+affinity: {}
+
 metrics:
   ## Expose memcached metrics in Prometheus format
   enabled: false