diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 3d01b3dc..748cf766 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ jobs:
           path: ~/go/pkg/mod
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
           restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-go-
+      - name: Validate Helm Chart
+        run: |  
+          chart_version=$(yq e '.version' helm/kubedl/Chart.yaml)
+          values_version=$(yq e '.version' helm/kubedl/values.yaml)
+          if [ "$chart_version" != "$values_version" ]; then
+            echo "ERROR: Chart version ($chart_version) does not match values version ($values_version)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
       - name: Run Unit Tests
         run: |
           make generate
diff --git a/helm/kubedl/values.yaml b/helm/kubedl/values.yaml
index 075950b3..17314df3 100644
--- a/helm/kubedl/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/kubedl/values.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 # This is a YAML-formatted file.
 # Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
 
+
+# This is the values version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
+# to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
+# Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
+version: 0.1.0
+
 replicaCount: 2
 
 image: