diff --git a/pkg/cmd/hgctl/installer/helm_agent.go b/pkg/cmd/hgctl/installer/helm_agent.go
index 3d13eb49e..4737cfe2b 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/hgctl/installer/helm_agent.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/hgctl/installer/helm_agent.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/alibaba/higress/pkg/cmd/hgctl/helm"
 	"github.com/alibaba/higress/pkg/cmd/options"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
 
 type HelmRelease struct {
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ func NewHelmAgent(profile *helm.Profile, writer io.Writer, quiet bool) *HelmAgen
 	}
 }
 
-func (h *HelmAgent) IsHigressInstalled() (bool, error) {
+func (h *HelmAgent) GetHigressInformance() (bool, map[string]any, error) {
 	args := []string{"list", "-n", h.profile.Global.Namespace, "-f", "higress"}
 	if len(*options.DefaultConfigFlags.KubeConfig) > 0 {
 		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--kubeconfig=%s", *options.DefaultConfigFlags.KubeConfig))
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ func (h *HelmAgent) IsHigressInstalled() (bool, error) {
 	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
 
 	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
-		return false, nil
+		return false, nil, nil
 	}
 
 	done := make(chan error, 1)
@@ -84,10 +85,69 @@ func (h *HelmAgent) IsHigressInstalled() (bool, error) {
 			if !h.quiet {
 				fmt.Fprintf(h.writer, "\n%s\n", content)
 			}
-			if strings.Contains(content, "deployed") {
-				return true, nil
+			split := strings.Split(content, "\n")
+			for i, line := range split {
+				if i == 0 {
+					continue
+				}
+				param := strings.Split(line, "\t")
+				if len(param) != 7 {
+					continue
+				}
+				// check chart contains higress
+				if strings.Contains(param[5], "higress") && strings.Contains(param[4], "deployed") {
+					releaseName := param[0]
+					valueFlag := h.getValueFlag(releaseName)
+					return true, valueFlag, nil
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return false, nil
+	return false, nil, nil
+}
+
+func (h *HelmAgent) getValueFlag(releaseName string) map[string]any {
+	args := []string{"status", releaseName, "-n", h.profile.Global.Namespace, "-o", "yaml"}
+	if len(*options.DefaultConfigFlags.KubeConfig) > 0 {
+		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--kubeconfig=%s", *options.DefaultConfigFlags.KubeConfig))
+	}
+	if len(*options.DefaultConfigFlags.Context) > 0 {
+		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--kube-context=%s", *options.DefaultConfigFlags.Context))
+	}
+	if !h.quiet {
+		fmt.Fprintf(h.writer, "\n📦 Running command: %s  %s\n\n", h.helmBinaryName, strings.Join(args, "  "))
+	}
+	cmd := exec.Command(h.helmBinaryName, args...)
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	var stderr bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stdout = &out
+	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
+
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	done := make(chan error, 1)
+
+	go func() {
+		done <- cmd.Wait()
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case err := <-done:
+		if err == nil {
+			content := out.String()
+			statusMap := make(map[string]any)
+			err = yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(content), &statusMap)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil
+			}
+			if config, ok := statusMap["config"]; ok {
+				if valueMap, ok := config.(map[string]any); ok {
+					return valueMap
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/hgctl/installer/installer_k8s.go b/pkg/cmd/hgctl/installer/installer_k8s.go
index 5966ef7b9..27a4d1699 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/hgctl/installer/installer_k8s.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/hgctl/installer/installer_k8s.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/alibaba/higress/pkg/cmd/hgctl/helm/object"
 	"github.com/alibaba/higress/pkg/cmd/hgctl/kubernetes"
 	"github.com/alibaba/higress/pkg/cmd/hgctl/util"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
 
 type K8sInstaller struct {
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ type K8sInstaller struct {
 	kubeCli      kubernetes.CLIClient
 	profile      *helm.Profile
 	writer       io.Writer
+	upgrade      bool
 	profileStore ProfileStore
 }
 
@@ -41,9 +43,25 @@ func (o *K8sInstaller) Install() error {
 	// check if higress is installed by helm
 	fmt.Fprintf(o.writer, "\n⌛️ Detecting higress installed by helm or not... \n\n")
 	helmAgent := NewHelmAgent(o.profile, o.writer, false)
-	if helmInstalled, _ := helmAgent.IsHigressInstalled(); helmInstalled {
-		fmt.Fprintf(o.writer, "\n🧐 You have already installed higress by helm, please use \"helm upgrade\" to upgrade higress!\n")
-		return nil
+	if helmInstalled, valueMap, _ := helmAgent.GetHigressInformance(); helmInstalled {
+		if !o.upgrade {
+			fmt.Fprintf(o.writer, "\n🧐 You have already installed higress by helm, please use \"hgctl upgrade\" to upgrade higress!\n")
+			return nil
+		}
+		if o.profile.Values == nil {
+			o.profile.Values = valueMap
+		} else {
+			baseYaml := util.ToYAML(o.profile.Values)
+			overlayYaml := util.ToYAML(valueMap)
+			mergedYaml, err := util.OverlayYAML(baseYaml, overlayYaml)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			err = yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(mergedYaml), &o.profile.Values)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	if err := o.Run(); err != nil {
@@ -107,6 +125,7 @@ func (o *K8sInstaller) UnInstall() error {
 }
 
 func (o *K8sInstaller) Upgrade() error {
+	o.upgrade = true
 	return o.Install()
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/hgctl/upgrade.go b/pkg/cmd/hgctl/upgrade.go
index 1a5df3ed7..a6924c9b4 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/hgctl/upgrade.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/hgctl/upgrade.go
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import (
 
 type upgradeArgs struct {
 	*InstallArgs
+	// FromHelm if set true, it will convert helm chart to higress profile
+	FromHelm bool
 }
 
 func addUpgradeFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, args *upgradeArgs) {
@@ -38,12 +40,14 @@ func addUpgradeFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, args *upgradeArgs) {
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVarP(&args.Set, "set", "s", nil, setFlagHelpStr)
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&args.ManifestsPath, "manifests", "d", "", manifestsFlagHelpStr)
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&args.Devel, "devel", false, "use development versions (alpha, beta, and release candidate releases), If version is set, this is ignored")
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&args.FromHelm, "from-helm", false, "upgrade by read helm release")
 }
 
 // newUpgradeCmd upgrades Istio control plane in-place with eligibility checks.
 func newUpgradeCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	upgradeArgs := &upgradeArgs{
 		InstallArgs: &InstallArgs{},
+		FromHelm:    false,
 	}
 	upgradeCmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "upgrade",
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ func newUpgradeCmd() *cobra.Command {
 		Long: "The upgrade command is an alias for the install command" +
 			" that performs additional upgrade-related checks.",
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (e error) {
-			return upgrade(cmd.OutOrStdout(), upgradeArgs.InstallArgs)
+			return upgrade(cmd.OutOrStdout(), upgradeArgs)
 		},
 	}
 	addUpgradeFlags(upgradeCmd, upgradeArgs)
@@ -61,29 +65,46 @@ func newUpgradeCmd() *cobra.Command {
 }
 
 // upgrade upgrade higress resources from the cluster.
-func upgrade(writer io.Writer, iArgs *InstallArgs) error {
+func upgrade(writer io.Writer, iArgs *upgradeArgs) error {
 	setFlags := applyFlagAliases(iArgs.Set, iArgs.ManifestsPath)
-	fmt.Fprintf(writer, "⌛️ Checking higress installed profiles...\n")
-	profileContexts, _ := getAllProfiles()
-	if len(profileContexts) == 0 {
-		fmt.Fprintf(writer, "\nHigress hasn't been installed yet!\n")
-		return nil
-	}
 
-	valuesOverlay, err := helm.GetValuesOverylayFromFiles(iArgs.InFilenames)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	var profile *helm.Profile
 
-	profileContext := promptProfileContexts(writer, profileContexts)
+	if !iArgs.FromHelm {
+		fmt.Fprintf(writer, "⌛️ Checking higress installed profiles...\n")
+		profileContexts, _ := getAllProfiles()
+		if len(profileContexts) == 0 {
+			fmt.Fprintf(writer, "\nHigress hasn't been installed yet!\n")
+			return nil
+		}
 
-	_, profile, err := helm.GenProfileFromProfileContent(util.ToYAML(profileContext.Profile), valuesOverlay, setFlags)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		valuesOverlay, err := helm.GetValuesOverylayFromFiles(iArgs.InFilenames)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		profileContext := promptProfileContexts(writer, profileContexts)
+
+		_, profile, err = helm.GenProfileFromProfileContent(util.ToYAML(profileContext.Profile), valuesOverlay, setFlags)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		fmt.Fprintf(writer, "\n🧐 Validating Profile: \"%s\" \n", profileContext.PathOrName)
+	} else {
+		helmAgent := installer.NewHelmAgent(nil, writer, false)
+		installed, _, err := helmAgent.GetHigressInformance()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if !installed {
+			fmt.Fprintf(writer, "\nHigress hasn't been installed by helm yet!\n")
+			return nil
+		}
+		// TODO: convert helm values to higress profile
 	}
 
-	fmt.Fprintf(writer, "\n🧐 Validating Profile: \"%s\" \n", profileContext.PathOrName)
-	err = profile.Validate()
+	err := profile.Validate()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}