diff --git a/pkg/repo/v1/chartrepo.go b/pkg/repo/v1/chartrepo.go
index 95c04ccef..2c442c985 100644
--- a/pkg/repo/v1/chartrepo.go
+++ b/pkg/repo/v1/chartrepo.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package repo // import "helm.sh/helm/v4/pkg/repo/v1"
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
+	"helm.sh/helm/v4/internal/fileutil"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v4/pkg/getter"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v4/pkg/helmpath"
 )
@@ -108,12 +110,13 @@ func (r *ChartRepository) DownloadIndexFile() (string, error) {
 	}
 	chartsFile := filepath.Join(r.CachePath, helmpath.CacheChartsFile(r.Config.Name))
 	os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(chartsFile), 0755)
-	os.WriteFile(chartsFile, []byte(charts.String()), 0644)
+
+	fileutil.AtomicWriteFile(chartsFile, bytes.NewReader([]byte(charts.String())), 0644)
 
 	// Create the index file in the cache directory
 	fname := filepath.Join(r.CachePath, helmpath.CacheIndexFile(r.Config.Name))
 	os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(fname), 0755)
-	return fname, os.WriteFile(fname, index, 0644)
+	return fname, fileutil.AtomicWriteFile(fname, bytes.NewReader(index), 0644)
 }
 
 type findChartInRepoURLOptions struct {
diff --git a/pkg/repo/v1/chartrepo_test.go b/pkg/repo/v1/chartrepo_test.go
index 05e034dd8..e82d72279 100644
--- a/pkg/repo/v1/chartrepo_test.go
+++ b/pkg/repo/v1/chartrepo_test.go
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 
 	"helm.sh/helm/v4/pkg/cli"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v4/pkg/getter"
+	"helm.sh/helm/v4/pkg/helmpath"
 )
 
 type CustomGetter struct {
@@ -91,6 +94,60 @@ func TestIndexCustomSchemeDownload(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestConcurrenyDownloadIndex(t *testing.T) {
+	srv, err := startLocalServerForTests(nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	repo, err := NewChartRepository(&Entry{
+		Name: "nginx",
+		URL:  srv.URL,
+	}, getter.All(&cli.EnvSettings{}))
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Problem loading chart repository from %s: %v", srv.URL, err)
+	}
+	repo.CachePath = t.TempDir()
+
+	// initial download index
+	idx, err := repo.DownloadIndexFile()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to download index file to %s: %v", idx, err)
+	}
+
+	indexFName := filepath.Join(repo.CachePath, helmpath.CacheIndexFile(repo.Config.Name))
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+	// Simultaneously start multiple goroutines that:
+	// 1) download index.yaml via DownloadIndexFile (write operation),
+	// 2) read index.yaml via LoadIndexFile (read operation).
+	// This checks for race conditions and ensures correct behavior under concurrent read/write access.
+	for range 150 {
+		wg.Add(1)
+
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			idx, err := repo.DownloadIndexFile()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("Failed to download index file to %s: %v", idx, err)
+			}
+		}()
+
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			_, err := LoadIndexFile(indexFName)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("Failed to load index file: %v", err)
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+}
+
 // startLocalServerForTests Start the local helm server
 func startLocalServerForTests(handler http.Handler) (*httptest.Server, error) {
 	if handler == nil {