diff --git a/pkg/helmexec/exec.go b/pkg/helmexec/exec.go
index a2044470..66f46723 100644
--- a/pkg/helmexec/exec.go
+++ b/pkg/helmexec/exec.go
@@ -72,6 +72,23 @@ func parseHelmVersion(versionStr string) (*semver.Version, error) {
 	v, err := chartify.FindSemVerInfo(versionStr)
 
 	if err != nil {
+		// If chartify.FindSemVerInfo fails, try parsing the version string directly
+		// This handles cases where the version string doesn't have a "v" prefix
+		// or is in a simple format that semver can parse directly
+		ver, directErr := semver.NewVersion(versionStr)
+		if directErr == nil {
+			return ver, nil
+		}
+
+		// If direct parsing failed and the version doesn't start with "v", try adding "v" prefix
+		if len(versionStr) > 0 && versionStr[0] != 'v' {
+			vWithPrefix := "v" + versionStr
+			ver, prefixErr := semver.NewVersion(vWithPrefix)
+			if prefixErr == nil {
+				return ver, nil
+			}
+		}
+
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error find helm srmver version '%s': %w", versionStr, err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/helmexec/exec_test.go b/pkg/helmexec/exec_test.go
index f0af5aa5..0800956c 100644
--- a/pkg/helmexec/exec_test.go
+++ b/pkg/helmexec/exec_test.go
@@ -1128,6 +1128,24 @@ func TestParseHelmVersion(t *testing.T) {
 			want:    semver.MustParse("v3.7.1+7.el8"),
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
+		{
+			name:    "version without v prefix - simple",
+			version: "3.8.0",
+			want:    semver.MustParse("v3.8.0"),
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "version without v prefix with build info",
+			version: "3.8.0+abcd",
+			want:    semver.MustParse("v3.8.0+abcd"),
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "version without v prefix with prerelease",
+			version: "3.8.0-rc1",
+			want:    semver.MustParse("v3.8.0-rc1"),
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
 		{
 			name:    "empty version",
 			version: "",
@@ -1149,7 +1167,14 @@ func TestParseHelmVersion(t *testing.T) {
 				return
 			}
 			if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
-				t.Errorf("parseHelmVersion() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+				// For semantic versions, we need to check if they're semantically equal
+				// rather than structurally equal, as versions with and without "v" prefix
+				// may have different internal representations but be semantically equivalent
+				if got != nil && tt.want != nil && got.Equal(tt.want) {
+					// They are semantically equal, this is fine
+				} else {
+					t.Errorf("parseHelmVersion() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+				}
 			}
 		})
 	}