diff --git a/pkg/registry/client.go b/pkg/registry/client.go
index 26aae46a4..47ddff2fa 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/client.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/client.go
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ type (
 
 // Pull downloads a chart from a registry
 func (c *Client) Pull(ref string, options ...PullOption) (*PullResult, error) {
-	parsedRef, err := parseReference(ref)
+	parsedRef, err := ParseReference(ref)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ type (
 
 // Push uploads a chart to a registry.
 func (c *Client) Push(data []byte, ref string, options ...PushOption) (*PushResult, error) {
-	parsedRef, err := parseReference(ref)
+	parsedRef, err := ParseReference(ref)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/util.go b/pkg/registry/util.go
index 47eed267f..c9b8578fd 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/util.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/util.go
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ func ctx(out io.Writer, debug bool) context.Context {
 	return ctx
 }
 
-// parseReference will parse and validate the reference, and clean tags when
+// ParseReference will parse and validate the reference, and clean tags when
 // applicable tags are only cleaned when plus (+) signs are present, and are
 // converted to underscores (_) before pushing
 // See https://github.com/helm/helm/issues/10166
-func parseReference(raw string) (registry.Reference, error) {
+func ParseReference(raw string) (registry.Reference, error) {
 	// The sole possible reference modification is replacing plus (+) signs
 	// present in tags with underscores (_). To do this properly, we first
 	// need to identify a tag, and then pass it on to the reference parser