diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ebd66a418..3613d1bb4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/squirrel v1.5.4
 	github.com/Masterminds/vcs v1.13.3
 	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.27
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.28
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.4.1
 	github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.11+incompatible
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.7
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.40.0
-	golang.org/x/term v0.33.0
-	golang.org/x/text v0.27.0
+	github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.2.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.41.0
+	golang.org/x/term v0.34.0
+	golang.org/x/text v0.28.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.33.3
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.33.3
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.33.3
 	oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.6.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.5.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -159,13 +160,13 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.4.0 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.3 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.25.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.41.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.28.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.26.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.42.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.16.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.34.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/time v0.9.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.34.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.12.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.35.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241209162323-e6fa225c2576 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241209162323-e6fa225c2576 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dd609c96c..c09ca8f7f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UF
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/chai2010/gettext-go v1.0.2 h1:1Lwwip6Q2QGsAdl/ZKPCwTe9fe0CjlUbqj5bFNSjIRk=
 github.com/chai2010/gettext-go v1.0.2/go.mod h1:y+wnP2cHYaVj19NZhYKAwEMH2CI1gNHeQQ+5AjwawxA=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.27 h1:yFyEyojddO3MIGVER2xJLWoCIn+Up4GaHFquP7hsFII=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.27/go.mod h1:xZmPnl75Vc+BLGt4MIfu6bp+fy03gdHAn9bz+FreFR0=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.28 h1:Nsgm1AtcmEh4AHAJ4gGlNSaKgXiNccU270Dnf81FQ3c=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.28/go.mod h1:azUkWcOvHrWvaiUjSQH0fjzuHIwSPg1WL5PshGP4Szs=
 github.com/containerd/errdefs v0.3.0 h1:FSZgGOeK4yuT/+DnF07/Olde/q4KBoMsaamhXxIMDp4=
 github.com/containerd/errdefs v0.3.0/go.mod h1:+YBYIdtsnF4Iw6nWZhJcqGSg/dwvV7tyJ/kCkyJ2k+M=
 github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0 h1:TCJt7ioM2cr/tfR8GPbGf9/VRAX8D2B4PjzCpfX540I=
@@ -403,16 +403,16 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5y
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.13.0/go.mod h1:y6Z2r+Rw4iayiXXAIxJIDAJ1zMW4yaTpebo8fPOliYc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.14.0/go.mod h1:MVFd36DqK4CsrnJYDkBA3VC4m2GkXAM0PvzMCn4JQf4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.15.0/go.mod h1:4ChreQoLWfG3xLDer1WdlH5NdlQ3+mwnQq1YTKY+72g=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.40.0 h1:r4x+VvoG5Fm+eJcxMaY8CQM7Lb0l1lsmjGBQ6s8BfKM=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.40.0/go.mod h1:Qr1vMER5WyS2dfPHAlsOj01wgLbsyWtFn/aY+5+ZdxY=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.41.0 h1:WKYxWedPGCTVVl5+WHSSrOBT0O8lx32+zxmHxijgXp4=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.41.0/go.mod h1:pO5AFd7FA68rFak7rOAGVuygIISepHftHnr8dr6+sUc=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.3.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91VN4djpZkiMVwK6gcyfeH4XE8wZrZaV4=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.14.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.25.0 h1:n7a+ZbQKQA/Ysbyb0/6IbB1H/X41mKgbhfv7AfG/44w=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.25.0/go.mod h1:IXM97Txy2VM4PJ3gI61r1YEk/gAj6zAHN3AdZt6S9Ww=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.26.0 h1:EGMPT//Ezu+ylkCijjPc+f4Aih7sZvaAr+O3EHBxvZg=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.26.0/go.mod h1:/j6NAhSk8iQ723BGAUyoAcn7SlD7s15Dp9Nd/SfeaFQ=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20181114220301-adae6a3d119a/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190613194153-d28f0bde5980/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
@@ -426,10 +426,10 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.10.0/go.mod h1:0qNGK6F8kojg2nk9dLZ2mShWaEBan6FAoqfSigmmuDg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.15.0/go.mod h1:idbUs1IY1+zTqbi8yxTbhexhEEk5ur9LInksu6HrEpk=
 golang.org/x/net v0.17.0/go.mod h1:NxSsAGuq816PNPmqtQdLE42eU2Fs7NoRIZrHJAlaCOE=
 golang.org/x/net v0.18.0/go.mod h1:/czyP5RqHAH4odGYxBJ1qz0+CE5WZ+2j1YgoEo8F2jQ=
-golang.org/x/net v0.41.0 h1:vBTly1HeNPEn3wtREYfy4GZ/NECgw2Cnl+nK6Nz3uvw=
-golang.org/x/net v0.41.0/go.mod h1:B/K4NNqkfmg07DQYrbwvSluqCJOOXwUjeb/5lOisjbA=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.28.0 h1:CrgCKl8PPAVtLnU3c+EDw6x11699EWlsDeWNWKdIOkc=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.28.0/go.mod h1:onh5ek6nERTohokkhCD/y2cV4Do3fxFHFuAejCkRWT8=
+golang.org/x/net v0.42.0 h1:jzkYrhi3YQWD6MLBJcsklgQsoAcw89EcZbJw8Z614hs=
+golang.org/x/net v0.42.0/go.mod h1:FF1RA5d3u7nAYA4z2TkclSCKh68eSXtiFwcWQpPXdt8=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0 h1:dnDm7JmhM45NNpd8FDDeLhK6FwqbOf4MLCM9zb1BOHI=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0/go.mod h1:B++QgG3ZKulg6sRPGD/mqlHQs5rB3Ml9erfeDY7xKlU=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20181108010431-42b317875d0f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20181221193216-37e7f081c4d4/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
@@ -463,8 +463,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.34.0 h1:H5Y5sJ2L2JRdyv7ROF1he/lPdvFsd0mJHFw2ThKHxLA=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.34.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0 h1:vz1N37gP5bs89s7He8XuIYXpyY0+QlsKmzipCbUtyxI=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/term v0.5.0/go.mod h1:jMB1sMXY+tzblOD4FWmEbocvup2/aLOaQEp7JmGp78k=
@@ -472,8 +472,8 @@ golang.org/x/term v0.8.0/go.mod h1:xPskH00ivmX89bAKVGSKKtLOWNx2+17Eiy94tnKShWo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.12.0/go.mod h1:owVbMEjm3cBLCHdkQu9b1opXd4ETQWc3BhuQGKgXgvU=
 golang.org/x/term v0.13.0/go.mod h1:LTmsnFJwVN6bCy1rVCoS+qHT1HhALEFxKncY3WNNh4U=
 golang.org/x/term v0.14.0/go.mod h1:TySc+nGkYR6qt8km8wUhuFRTVSMIX3XPR58y2lC8vww=
-golang.org/x/term v0.33.0 h1:NuFncQrRcaRvVmgRkvM3j/F00gWIAlcmlB8ACEKmGIg=
-golang.org/x/term v0.33.0/go.mod h1:s18+ql9tYWp1IfpV9DmCtQDDSRBUjKaw9M1eAv5UeF0=
+golang.org/x/term v0.34.0 h1:O/2T7POpk0ZZ7MAzMeWFSg6S5IpWd/RXDlM9hgM3DR4=
+golang.org/x/term v0.34.0/go.mod h1:5jC53AEywhIVebHgPVeg0mj8OD3VO9OzclacVrqpaAw=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.7/go.mod h1:u+2+/6zg+i71rQMx5EYifcz6MCKuco9NR6JIITiCfzQ=
@@ -481,10 +481,10 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.7.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.9.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.13.0/go.mod h1:TvPlkZtksWOMsz7fbANvkp4WM8x/WCo/om8BMLbz+aE=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
-golang.org/x/text v0.27.0 h1:4fGWRpyh641NLlecmyl4LOe6yDdfaYNrGb2zdfo4JV4=
-golang.org/x/text v0.27.0/go.mod h1:1D28KMCvyooCX9hBiosv5Tz/+YLxj0j7XhWjpSUF7CU=
-golang.org/x/time v0.9.0 h1:EsRrnYcQiGH+5FfbgvV4AP7qEZstoyrHB0DzarOQ4ZY=
-golang.org/x/time v0.9.0/go.mod h1:3BpzKBy/shNhVucY/MWOyx10tF3SFh9QdLuxbVysPQM=
+golang.org/x/text v0.28.0 h1:rhazDwis8INMIwQ4tpjLDzUhx6RlXqZNPEM0huQojng=
+golang.org/x/text v0.28.0/go.mod h1:U8nCwOR8jO/marOQ0QbDiOngZVEBB7MAiitBuMjXiNU=
+golang.org/x/time v0.12.0 h1:ScB/8o8olJvc+CQPWrK3fPZNfh7qgwCrY0zJmoEQLSE=
+golang.org/x/time v0.12.0/go.mod h1:CDIdPxbZBQxdj6cxyCIdrNogrJKMJ7pr37NYpMcMDSg=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200619180055-7c47624df98f/go.mod h1:EkVYQZoAsY45+roYkvgYkIh4xh/qjgUK9TdY2XT94GE=
@@ -493,8 +493,8 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12/go.mod h1:hNGJHUnrk76NpqgfD5Aqm5Crs+Hm0VOH/i9J2+nxYbc
 golang.org/x/tools v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Xwgl3UAJ/d3gWutnCtw505GrjyAbvKui8lOU390QaIU=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.13.0/go.mod h1:HvlwmtVNQAhOuCjW7xxvovg8wbNq7LwfXh/k7wXUl58=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.15.0/go.mod h1:hpksKq4dtpQWS1uQ61JkdqWM3LscIS6Slf+VVkm+wQk=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.34.0 h1:qIpSLOxeCYGg9TrcJokLBG4KFA6d795g0xkBkiESGlo=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.34.0/go.mod h1:pAP9OwEaY1CAW3HOmg3hLZC5Z0CCmzjAF2UQMSqNARg=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.35.0 h1:mBffYraMEf7aa0sB+NuKnuCy8qI/9Bughn8dC2Gu5r0=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.35.0/go.mod h1:NKdj5HkL/73byiZSJjqJgKn3ep7KjFkBOkR/Hps3VPw=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
@@ -557,5 +557,5 @@ sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XeLlZ/jmk4i1HRopwe7/aU3H5n1zNUcX6TM94b3QxO
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.6.0 h1:IUA9nvMmnKWcj5jl84xn+T5MnlZKThmUW1TdblaLVAc=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.6.0/go.mod h1:dDy58f92j70zLsuZVuUX5Wp9vtxXpaZnkPGWeqDfCps=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Ejl7/uTz7PSA4eKMyQCUTnhZYNmLIl+5c2lQPGR2BPY=
-sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.5.0 h1:M10b2U7aEUY6hRtU870n2VTPgR5RZiL/I6Lcc2F4NUQ=
-sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.5.0/go.mod h1:wZs27Rbxoai4C0f8/9urLZtZtF3avA3gKvGyPdDqTO4=
+sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0 h1:G8fkbMSAFqgEFgh4b1wmtzDnioxFCUgTZhlbj5P9QYs=
+sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0/go.mod h1:796bPqUfzR/0jLAl6XjHl3Ck7MiyVv8dbTdyT3/pMf4=
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/capabilities.go b/pkg/chartutil/capabilities.go
index 48fab0ea4..4563b0947 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/capabilities.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/capabilities.go
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 
-	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 
 	apiextensionsv1 "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
 	apiextensionsv1beta1 "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1beta1"
+	k8sversion "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version"
 
 	helmversion "helm.sh/helm/v3/internal/version"
 )
@@ -84,14 +84,16 @@ func (kv *KubeVersion) GitVersion() string { return kv.Version }
 
 // ParseKubeVersion parses kubernetes version from string
 func ParseKubeVersion(version string) (*KubeVersion, error) {
-	sv, err := semver.NewVersion(version)
+	// Based on the original k8s version parser.
+	// https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/b266ac2c3e42c2c4843f81e20213d2b2f43e450a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version/version.go#L137
+	sv, err := k8sversion.ParseGeneric(version)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &KubeVersion{
 		Version: "v" + sv.String(),
-		Major:   strconv.FormatUint(sv.Major(), 10),
-		Minor:   strconv.FormatUint(sv.Minor(), 10),
+		Major:   strconv.FormatUint(uint64(sv.Major()), 10),
+		Minor:   strconv.FormatUint(uint64(sv.Minor()), 10),
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/capabilities_test.go b/pkg/chartutil/capabilities_test.go
index 4d0040955..27382f9cd 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/capabilities_test.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/capabilities_test.go
@@ -82,3 +82,19 @@ func TestParseKubeVersion(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected parsed KubeVersion.Minor to be 16, got %q", kv.Minor)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestParseKubeVersionSuffix(t *testing.T) {
+	kv, err := ParseKubeVersion("v1.28+")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected v1.28+ to parse successfully")
+	}
+	if kv.Version != "v1.28" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected parsed KubeVersion.Version to be v1.28, got %q", kv.String())
+	}
+	if kv.Major != "1" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected parsed KubeVersion.Major to be 1, got %q", kv.Major)
+	}
+	if kv.Minor != "28" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected parsed KubeVersion.Minor to be 28, got %q", kv.Minor)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/dependencies.go b/pkg/chartutil/dependencies.go
index 36a341927..37452cec7 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/dependencies.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/dependencies.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package chartutil
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -255,8 +256,8 @@ func processImportValues(c *chart.Chart, merge bool) error {
 		for _, riv := range r.ImportValues {
 			switch iv := riv.(type) {
 			case map[string]interface{}:
-				child := iv["child"].(string)
-				parent := iv["parent"].(string)
+				child := fmt.Sprintf("%v", iv["child"])
+				parent := fmt.Sprintf("%v", iv["parent"])
 
 				outiv = append(outiv, map[string]string{
 					"child":  child,
diff --git a/pkg/lint/rules/chartfile.go b/pkg/lint/rules/chartfile.go
index 910602b7d..555ec71ba 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/rules/chartfile.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/rules/chartfile.go
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ func validateChartVersion(cf *chart.Metadata) error {
 
 func validateChartMaintainer(cf *chart.Metadata) error {
 	for _, maintainer := range cf.Maintainers {
+		if maintainer == nil {
+			return errors.New("a maintainer entry is empty")
+		}
 		if maintainer.Name == "" {
 			return errors.New("each maintainer requires a name")
 		} else if maintainer.Email != "" && !govalidator.IsEmail(maintainer.Email) {
diff --git a/pkg/lint/rules/chartfile_test.go b/pkg/lint/rules/chartfile_test.go
index f4c836cf7..4740047be 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/rules/chartfile_test.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/rules/chartfile_test.go
@@ -143,6 +143,16 @@ func TestValidateChartMaintainer(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("validateChartMaintainer(%s, %s) to return no error, got %s", test.Name, test.Email, err.Error())
 		}
 	}
+
+	// Testing for an empty maintainer
+	badChart.Maintainers = []*chart.Maintainer{nil}
+	err := validateChartMaintainer(badChart)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("validateChartMaintainer did not return error for nil maintainer as expected")
+	}
+	if err.Error() != "a maintainer entry is empty" {
+		t.Errorf("validateChartMaintainer returned unexpected error for nil maintainer: %s", err.Error())
+	}
 }
 
 func TestValidateChartSources(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/repo/index.go b/pkg/repo/index.go
index e1ce3c62d..a93314ab8 100644
--- a/pkg/repo/index.go
+++ b/pkg/repo/index.go
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ func loadIndex(data []byte, source string) (*IndexFile, error) {
 		for idx := len(cvs) - 1; idx >= 0; idx-- {
 			if cvs[idx] == nil {
 				log.Printf("skipping loading invalid entry for chart %q from %s: empty entry", name, source)
+				cvs = append(cvs[:idx], cvs[idx+1:]...)
 				continue
 			}
 			// When metadata section missing, initialize with no data
diff --git a/pkg/repo/index_test.go b/pkg/repo/index_test.go
index a1e3e9438..1fb30f3c0 100644
--- a/pkg/repo/index_test.go
+++ b/pkg/repo/index_test.go
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ entries:
   grafana:
   - apiVersion: v2
     name: grafana
+  - null
   foo:
   -
   bar: