diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 931fe973d..f8530c8a6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ LDFLAGS += -X helm.sh/helm/v3/internal/version.gitCommit=${GIT_COMMIT}
 LDFLAGS += -X helm.sh/helm/v3/internal/version.gitTreeState=${GIT_DIRTY}
 LDFLAGS += $(EXT_LDFLAGS)
 
+# Define constants for the client-go version
+LDFLAGS += -X helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/lint/rules.k8sVersionMajor=$(shell awk '/client-go/{s=$$2;sub("^v","",s);split(s,v,".");print v[1]+1}' go.mod)
+LDFLAGS += -X helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/lint/rules.k8sVersionMinor=$(shell awk '/client-go/{s=$$2;sub("^v","",s);split(s,v,".");print v[2]}' go.mod)
+
 .PHONY: all
 all: build
 
diff --git a/pkg/lint/rules/deprecations.go b/pkg/lint/rules/deprecations.go
index e84d2e797..c6ece659e 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/rules/deprecations.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/rules/deprecations.go
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	// This should be set based on the version of client-go being imported
+	// This should be set in the Makefile based on the version of client-go being imported.
+	// These constants will be overwritten with LDFLAGS
 	k8sVersionMajor = 1
 	k8sVersionMinor = 19
 )