diff --git a/pkg/lint/lint_test.go b/pkg/lint/lint_test.go
index 45e24f533..2b591f516 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/lint_test.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/lint_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
 	chartutil "helm.sh/helm/v4/pkg/chart/v2/util"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v4/pkg/lint/support"
 )
@@ -114,12 +116,9 @@ func TestBadValues(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestBadCrdFile(t *testing.T) {
 	m := RunAll(badCrdFileDir, values, namespace).Messages
-	if len(m) < 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("All didn't fail with expected errors, got %#v", m)
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(m[0].Err.Error(), "object kind is not 'CustomResourceDefinition'") {
-		t.Errorf("All didn't have the error for invalid CRD: %s", m[0].Err)
-	}
+	assert.Lenf(t, m, 2, "All didn't fail with expected errors, got %#v", m)
+	assert.ErrorContains(t, m[0].Err, "apiVersion is not in 'apiextensions.k8s.io'")
+	assert.ErrorContains(t, m[1].Err, "object kind is not 'CustomResourceDefinition'")
 }
 
 func TestGoodChart(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/lint/rules/crds.go b/pkg/lint/rules/crds.go
index 4740157b3..dd3e145fc 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/rules/crds.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/rules/crds.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/yaml"
 
@@ -41,7 +42,10 @@ func Crds(linter *support.Linter) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	linter.RunLinterRule(support.WarningSev, fpath, validateCrdsDir(crdsPath))
+	crdsDirValid := linter.RunLinterRule(support.WarningSev, fpath, validateCrdsDir(crdsPath))
+	if !crdsDirValid {
+		return
+	}
 
 	// Load chart and parse CRDs
 	chart, err := loader.Load(linter.ChartDir)
@@ -53,8 +57,9 @@ func Crds(linter *support.Linter) {
 	}
 
 	/* Iterate over all the CRDs to check:
-	- It is a YAML file and not a template
-	- The kind is CustomResourceDefinition
+	1. It is a YAML file and not a template
+	2. The API version is apiextensions.k8s.io
+	3. The kind is CustomResourceDefinition
 	*/
 	for _, crd := range chart.CRDObjects() {
 		fileName := crd.Name
@@ -75,6 +80,7 @@ func Crds(linter *support.Linter) {
 				return
 			}
 
+			linter.RunLinterRule(support.ErrorSev, fpath, validateCrdApiVersion(yamlStruct))
 			linter.RunLinterRule(support.ErrorSev, fpath, validateCrdKind(yamlStruct))
 		}
 	}
@@ -92,6 +98,13 @@ func validateCrdsDir(crdsPath string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func validateCrdApiVersion(obj *K8sYamlStruct) error {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(obj.APIVersion, "apiextensions.k8s.io") {
+		return fmt.Errorf("apiVersion is not in 'apiextensions.k8s.io'")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func validateCrdKind(obj *K8sYamlStruct) error {
 	if obj.Kind != "CustomResourceDefinition" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("object kind is not 'CustomResourceDefinition'")
diff --git a/pkg/lint/rules/crds_test.go b/pkg/lint/rules/crds_test.go
index a84b62a50..66da06121 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/rules/crds_test.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/rules/crds_test.go
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ limitations under the License.
 package rules
 
 import (
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
 	"helm.sh/helm/v4/pkg/lint/support"
 )
 
-const crdsTestBaseDir = "./testdata/withcrd"
+const crdsTestBaseDir = "./testdata/goodone"
 const invalidCrdsDir = "./testdata/invalidcrdsdir"
 
 func TestCrdsDir(t *testing.T) {
@@ -31,9 +32,7 @@ func TestCrdsDir(t *testing.T) {
 	Crds(&linter)
 	res := linter.Messages
 
-	if len(res) > 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected no errors, got %d, %v", len(res), res)
-	}
+	assert.Emptyf(t, res, "Expected no errors, got %v", res)
 }
 
 func TestInvalidCrdsDir(t *testing.T) {
@@ -41,11 +40,6 @@ func TestInvalidCrdsDir(t *testing.T) {
 	Crds(&linter)
 	res := linter.Messages
 
-	if len(res) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected one error, got %d, %v", len(res), res)
-	}
-
-	if !strings.Contains(res[0].Err.Error(), "not a directory") {
-		t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %s", res[0])
-	}
+	assert.Lenf(t, res, 1, "Expected one error, got %d, %v", len(res), res)
+	assert.ErrorContains(t, res[0].Err, "not a directory")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/lint/rules/testdata/badcrdfile/crds/bad-apiversion.yaml b/pkg/lint/rules/testdata/badcrdfile/crds/bad-apiversion.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..468916053
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/lint/rules/testdata/badcrdfile/crds/bad-apiversion.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+apiVersion: bad.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
diff --git a/pkg/lint/rules/testdata/withcrd/crds/test-crd.yaml b/pkg/lint/rules/testdata/goodone/crds/test-crd.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/lint/rules/testdata/withcrd/crds/test-crd.yaml
rename to pkg/lint/rules/testdata/goodone/crds/test-crd.yaml
diff --git a/pkg/lint/rules/testdata/withcrd/Chart.yaml b/pkg/lint/rules/testdata/withcrd/Chart.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 58e3a0c27..000000000
--- a/pkg/lint/rules/testdata/withcrd/Chart.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-name: withcrd
-description: testing chart with a CRD
-version: 199.44.12345-Alpha.1+cafe009
-icon: http://riverrun.io