diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/schema-negative-cli.txt b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/schema-negative-cli.txt
index c4a5cc516..12bcc5103 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/schema-negative-cli.txt
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/schema-negative-cli.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Error: INSTALLATION FAILED: values don't meet the specifications of the schema(s) in the following chart(s):
 empty:
-- age: Must be greater than or equal to 0
+- at '/age': minimum: got -5, want 0
 
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/schema-negative.txt b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/schema-negative.txt
index 929af5518..daf132635 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/schema-negative.txt
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/schema-negative.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Error: INSTALLATION FAILED: values don't meet the specifications of the schema(s) in the following chart(s):
 empty:
-- (root): employmentInfo is required
-- age: Must be greater than or equal to 0
+- at '': missing property 'employmentInfo'
+- at '/age': minimum: got -5, want 0
 
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/subchart-schema-cli-negative.txt b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/subchart-schema-cli-negative.txt
index 7396b4bfe..179550f69 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/subchart-schema-cli-negative.txt
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/subchart-schema-cli-negative.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Error: INSTALLATION FAILED: values don't meet the specifications of the schema(s) in the following chart(s):
 subchart-with-schema:
-- age: Must be greater than or equal to 0
+- at '/age': minimum: got -25, want 0
 
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/subchart-schema-negative.txt b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/subchart-schema-negative.txt
index 7b1f654a2..7522ef3e4 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/subchart-schema-negative.txt
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/subchart-schema-negative.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Error: INSTALLATION FAILED: values don't meet the specifications of the schema(s) in the following chart(s):
 chart-without-schema:
-- (root): lastname is required
+- at '': missing property 'lastname'
 subchart-with-schema:
-- (root): age is required
+- at '': missing property 'age'
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b0acc1093..ebd66a418 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/phayes/freeport v0.0.0-20220201140144-74d24b5ae9f5
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/rubenv/sql-migrate v1.8.0
+	github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.7
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
-	github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.2.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.40.0
 	golang.org/x/term v0.33.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.27.0
@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
-	github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20190905194746-02993c407bfb // indirect
-	github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonreference v0.0.0-20180127040603-bd5ef7bd5415 // indirect
 	github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/prometheus v0.57.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 76f0debc8..dd609c96c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0 h1:q4R8wemdRQDClzoNNStftB2ZAfqOiN
 github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:tRNuFoZsUdyRVegq8xGNeds4KLjwLCRin/tTo6i1DhU=
 github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0 h1:0IXCQ5g4/QMHHkarYzh5l+u8T3t73zM5QvfrDyIgxBk=
 github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0/go.mod h1:BbU0aIcezP1/5jX/8MP0YiH4SdvB5Y4f/wlDRiLyi3E=
+github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.11.0 h1:G/nrcoOa7ZXlpoa/91N3X7mM3r8eIlMBBJZvsz/mxKI=
+github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.11.0/go.mod h1:DHkYz0B9wPfa6wondMfaivmHpzrQ3v9q8cnmRbL6yW8=
 github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.8.2 h1:bX3YxiGzFP5sOXWc3bTPEXdEaZSeVMrFgOr3T+zrFAo=
 github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.8.2/go.mod h1:P3ci7E3lwkZg6XiHdRKft1KckHiO9a2rNtyFbZ/ry9M=
 github.com/docker/go-events v0.0.0-20190806004212-e31b211e4f1c h1:+pKlWGMw7gf6bQ+oDZB4KHQFypsfjYlq/C4rfL7D3g8=
@@ -303,6 +305,8 @@ github.com/rubenv/sql-migrate v1.8.0 h1:dXnYiJk9k3wetp7GfQbKJcPHjVJL6YK19tKj8t2N
 github.com/rubenv/sql-migrate v1.8.0/go.mod h1:F2bGFBwCU+pnmbtNYDeKvSuvL6lBVtXDXUUv5t+u1qw=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 h1:JIOH55/0cWyOuilr9/qlrm0BSXldqnqwMsf35Ld67mk=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
+github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2 h1:KRzFb2m7YtdldCEkzs6KqmJw4nqEVZGK7IN2kJkjTuQ=
+github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2/go.mod h1:JXeL+ps8p7/KNMjDQk3TCwPpBy0wYklyWTfbkIzdIFU=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.2.0 h1:XU+rvMAioB0UC3q1MFrIQy4Vo5/4VsRDQQXHsEya6xQ=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.2.0/go.mod h1:STckp+ISIX8hZLjrqAeVduY0gWCT9IjLuqbuNXdaHfM=
 github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.4.0 h1:bxl37RwXBklmTi0C79JfXCEBD1cqqHt0bbgBAGFp81k=
@@ -334,13 +338,6 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOf
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 h1:qLwI1I70+NjRFUR3zs1JPUCgaCXSh3SW62uAKT1mSBM=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4/go.mod h1:14CWIYCyZA/cWjXOioeEpHeN/83MdbZDRQHoFcYsOfg=
-github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20180127040702-4e3ac2762d5f/go.mod h1:N2zxlSyiKSe5eX1tZViRH5QA0qijqEDrYZiPEAiq3wU=
-github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20190905194746-02993c407bfb h1:zGWFAtiMcyryUHoUjUJX0/lt1H2+i2Ka2n+D3DImSNo=
-github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20190905194746-02993c407bfb/go.mod h1:N2zxlSyiKSe5eX1tZViRH5QA0qijqEDrYZiPEAiq3wU=
-github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonreference v0.0.0-20180127040603-bd5ef7bd5415 h1:EzJWgHovont7NscjpAxXsDA8S8BMYve8Y5+7cuRE7R0=
-github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonreference v0.0.0-20180127040603-bd5ef7bd5415/go.mod h1:GwrjFmJcFw6At/Gs6z4yjiIwzuJ1/+UwLxMQDVQXShQ=
-github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.2.0 h1:LhYJRs+L4fBtjZUfuSZIKGeVu0QRy8e5Xi7D17UxZ74=
-github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.2.0/go.mod h1:anYRn/JVcOK2ZgGU+IjEV4nwlhoK5sQluxsYJ78Id3Y=
 github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0 h1:HzHnuAF1plUN2zGlAFHbSQP2qJ0ZAD3XF5XD7OesXRQ=
 github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0/go.mod h1:gj5Gd3gPdKtR1ikdDK6fnFLdmIS0X30kTTuNd/WEJu0=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/jsonschema.go b/pkg/chartutil/jsonschema.go
index 7b9768fd3..77e90b10a 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/jsonschema.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/jsonschema.go
@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@ package chartutil
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	"github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
+	"github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6"
 
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/chart"
 )
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 func ValidateAgainstSchema(chrt *chart.Chart, values map[string]interface{}) error {
 	var sb strings.Builder
 	if chrt.Schema != nil {
+
 		err := ValidateAgainstSingleSchema(values, chrt.Schema)
 		if err != nil {
 			sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s:\n", chrt.Name()))
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ func ValidateAgainstSchema(chrt *chart.Chart, values map[string]interface{}) err
 		}
 	}
 
-	// For each dependency, recursively call this function with the coalesced values
 	for _, subchart := range chrt.Dependencies() {
 		subchartValues := values[subchart.Name()].(map[string]interface{})
 		if err := ValidateAgainstSchema(subchart, subchartValues); err != nil {
@@ -62,32 +61,40 @@ func ValidateAgainstSingleSchema(values Values, schemaJSON []byte) (reterr error
 		}
 	}()
 
-	valuesData, err := yaml.Marshal(values)
+	// This unmarshal function leverages UseNumber() for number precision. The parser
+	// used for values does this as well.
+	schema, err := jsonschema.UnmarshalJSON(bytes.NewReader(schemaJSON))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	valuesJSON, err := yaml.YAMLToJSON(valuesData)
+
+	compiler := jsonschema.NewCompiler()
+	err = compiler.AddResource("file:///values.schema.json", schema)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if bytes.Equal(valuesJSON, []byte("null")) {
-		valuesJSON = []byte("{}")
-	}
-	schemaLoader := gojsonschema.NewBytesLoader(schemaJSON)
-	valuesLoader := gojsonschema.NewBytesLoader(valuesJSON)
 
-	result, err := gojsonschema.Validate(schemaLoader, valuesLoader)
+	validator, err := compiler.Compile("file:///values.schema.json")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if !result.Valid() {
-		var sb strings.Builder
-		for _, desc := range result.Errors() {
-			sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("- %s\n", desc))
-		}
-		return errors.New(sb.String())
+	err = validator.Validate(values.AsMap())
+	if err != nil {
+		return JSONSchemaValidationError{err}
 	}
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+type JSONSchemaValidationError struct {
+	embeddedErr error
+}
+
+func (e JSONSchemaValidationError) Error() string {
+	errStr := e.embeddedErr.Error()
+
+	errStr = strings.TrimPrefix(errStr, "jsonschema validation failed with 'file:///values.schema.json#'\n")
+
+	return errStr + "\n"
+}
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/jsonschema_test.go b/pkg/chartutil/jsonschema_test.go
index 7610db337..464939e8f 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/jsonschema_test.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/jsonschema_test.go
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ func TestValidateAgainstInvalidSingleSchema(t *testing.T) {
 		errString = err.Error()
 	}
 
-	expectedErrString := "unable to validate schema: runtime error: invalid " +
-		"memory address or nil pointer dereference"
+	expectedErrString := `"file:///values.schema.json#" is not valid against metaschema: jsonschema validation failed with 'https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema#'
+- at '': got number, want boolean or object`
+
 	if errString != expectedErrString {
 		t.Errorf("Error string :\n`%s`\ndoes not match expected\n`%s`", errString, expectedErrString)
 	}
@@ -79,8 +80,8 @@ func TestValidateAgainstSingleSchemaNegative(t *testing.T) {
 		errString = err.Error()
 	}
 
-	expectedErrString := `- (root): employmentInfo is required
-- age: Must be greater than or equal to 0
+	expectedErrString := `- at '': missing property 'employmentInfo'
+- at '/age': minimum: got -5, want 0
 `
 	if errString != expectedErrString {
 		t.Errorf("Error string :\n`%s`\ndoes not match expected\n`%s`", errString, expectedErrString)
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ func TestValidateAgainstSchemaNegative(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	expectedErrString := `subchart:
-- (root): age is required
+- at '': missing property 'age'
 `
 	if errString != expectedErrString {
 		t.Errorf("Error string :\n`%s`\ndoes not match expected\n`%s`", errString, expectedErrString)
diff --git a/pkg/lint/rules/values_test.go b/pkg/lint/rules/values_test.go
index faa29d48a..824ff2c63 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/rules/values_test.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/rules/values_test.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func TestValidateValuesFileSchemaFailure(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("expected values file to fail parsing")
 	}
 
-	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "Expected: string, given: integer", "integer should be caught by schema")
+	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "- at '/username': got number, want string")
 }
 
 func TestValidateValuesFileSchemaOverrides(t *testing.T) {
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func TestValidateValuesFile(t *testing.T) {
 			name:         "value not overridden",
 			yaml:         "username: admin\npassword:",
 			overrides:    map[string]interface{}{"username": "anotherUser"},
-			errorMessage: "Expected: string, given: null",
+			errorMessage: "- at '/password': got null, want string",
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "value overridden",