diff --git a/pkg/kube/converter.go b/pkg/kube/converter.go
index a5a6ae1f7..7f062213c 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/converter.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/converter.go
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ limitations under the License.
 package kube // import "helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/kube"
 
 import (
+	apiextensionsv1 "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
+	apiextensionsv1beta1 "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1beta1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/resource"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 )
@@ -33,12 +36,28 @@ func AsVersioned(info *resource.Info) runtime.Object {
 // convertWithMapper converts the given object with the optional provided
 // RESTMapping. If no mapping is provided, the default schema versioner is used
 func convertWithMapper(obj runtime.Object, mapping *meta.RESTMapping) runtime.Object {
-	var gv = runtime.GroupVersioner(schema.GroupVersions(scheme.Scheme.PrioritizedVersionsAllGroups()))
+	s := kubernetesNativeScheme()
+	var gv = runtime.GroupVersioner(schema.GroupVersions(s.PrioritizedVersionsAllGroups()))
 	if mapping != nil {
 		gv = mapping.GroupVersionKind.GroupVersion()
 	}
-	if obj, err := runtime.ObjectConvertor(scheme.Scheme).ConvertToVersion(obj, gv); err == nil {
+	if obj, err := runtime.ObjectConvertor(s).ConvertToVersion(obj, gv); err == nil {
 		return obj
 	}
 	return obj
 }
+
+// kubernetesNativeScheme returns a clean *runtime.Scheme with _only_ Kubernetes
+// native resources added to it. This is required to break free of custom resources
+// that may have been added to scheme.Scheme due to Helm being used as a package in
+// combination with e.g. a versioned kube client. If we would not do this, the client
+// may attempt to perform e.g. a 3-way-merge strategy patch for custom resources.
+func kubernetesNativeScheme() *runtime.Scheme {
+	s := runtime.NewScheme()
+	utilruntime.Must(scheme.AddToScheme(s))
+	// API extensions are not in the above scheme set,
+	// and must thus be added separately.
+	utilruntime.Must(apiextensionsv1beta1.AddToScheme(s))
+	utilruntime.Must(apiextensionsv1.AddToScheme(s))
+	return s
+}