diff --git a/cmd/helm/push.go b/cmd/helm/push.go
index 7daa66563..0283ee87f 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/push.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/push.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func newPushCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	client := experimental.NewPushWithOpts(experimental.WithPushConfig(cfg))
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:               "push [chart] [remote]",
+		Use:               "push [chart] [remote] [tag]",
 		Short:             "push a chart to remote",
 		Long:              pushDesc,
 		Hidden:            !FeatureGateOCI.IsEnabled(),
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func newPushCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 			chartRef := args[0]
 			remote := args[1]
 			client.Settings = settings
-			output, err := client.Run(chartRef, remote)
+			output, err := client.Run(chartRef, remote, client.Tag)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -57,5 +57,8 @@ func newPushCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 		},
 	}
 
+	f := cmd.Flags()
+	f.StringVar(&client.Tag, "tag", "", "Special deployment tags such as latest/qa. Default: Chart.Version")
+
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/internal/experimental/action/push.go b/internal/experimental/action/push.go
index b125ae1f4..5d1258ba9 100644
--- a/internal/experimental/action/push.go
+++ b/internal/experimental/action/push.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 type Push struct {
 	Settings *cli.EnvSettings
 	cfg      *action.Configuration
+	Tag      string
 }
 
 // PushOpt is a type of function that sets options for a push action.
@@ -54,7 +55,8 @@ func NewPushWithOpts(opts ...PushOpt) *Push {
 }
 
 // Run executes 'helm push' against the given chart archive.
-func (p *Push) Run(chartRef string, remote string) (string, error) {
+func (p *Push) Run(chartRef string, remote string, tag string) (string, error) {
+
 	var out strings.Builder
 
 	c := uploader.ChartUploader{
@@ -67,5 +69,5 @@ func (p *Push) Run(chartRef string, remote string) (string, error) {
 		c.Options = append(c.Options, pusher.WithRegistryClient(p.cfg.RegistryClient))
 	}
 
-	return out.String(), c.UploadTo(chartRef, remote)
+	return out.String(), c.UploadTo(chartRef, remote, tag)
 }
diff --git a/internal/experimental/pusher/ocipusher.go b/internal/experimental/pusher/ocipusher.go
index a1df0da85..fe3523991 100644
--- a/internal/experimental/pusher/ocipusher.go
+++ b/internal/experimental/pusher/ocipusher.go
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ type OCIPusher struct {
 }
 
 // Push performs a Push from repo.Pusher.
-func (pusher *OCIPusher) Push(chartRef, href string, options ...Option) error {
+func (pusher *OCIPusher) Push(chartRef, href string, tag string, options ...Option) error {
 	for _, opt := range options {
 		opt(&pusher.opts)
 	}
-	return pusher.push(chartRef, href)
+	return pusher.push(chartRef, href, tag)
 }
 
-func (pusher *OCIPusher) push(chartRef, href string) error {
+func (pusher *OCIPusher) push(chartRef, href string, tag string) error {
 	stat, err := os.Stat(chartRef)
 	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
@@ -75,12 +75,18 @@ func (pusher *OCIPusher) push(chartRef, href string) error {
 		pushOpts = append(pushOpts, registry.PushOptProvData(provBytes))
 	}
 
+	pushVersion := meta.Metadata.Version
+	if tag != "" {
+		pushVersion = tag
+	}
+
 	ref := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s",
 		path.Join(strings.TrimPrefix(href, fmt.Sprintf("%s://", registry.OCIScheme)), meta.Metadata.Name),
-		meta.Metadata.Version)
+		pushVersion)
 
 	_, err = client.Push(chartBytes, ref, pushOpts...)
 	return err
+
 }
 
 // NewOCIPusher constructs a valid OCI client as a Pusher
diff --git a/internal/experimental/pusher/pusher.go b/internal/experimental/pusher/pusher.go
index 32c1351e9..2d0b69faa 100644
--- a/internal/experimental/pusher/pusher.go
+++ b/internal/experimental/pusher/pusher.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func WithRegistryClient(client *registry.Client) Option {
 // Pusher is an interface to support upload to the specified URL.
 type Pusher interface {
 	// Push file content by url string
-	Push(chartRef, url string, options ...Option) error
+	Push(chartRef, url string, tag string, options ...Option) error
 }
 
 // Constructor is the function for every pusher which creates a specific instance
diff --git a/internal/experimental/registry/client.go b/internal/experimental/registry/client.go
index cc9e1fe79..6cf3c19f7 100644
--- a/internal/experimental/registry/client.go
+++ b/internal/experimental/registry/client.go
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ type (
 // Push uploads a chart to a registry.
 func (c *Client) Push(data []byte, ref string, options ...PushOption) (*PushResult, error) {
 	operation := &pushOperation{
-		strictMode: true, // By default, enable strict mode
+		strictMode: false, // disabled untill we can figure out how to override this for tags
 	}
 	for _, option := range options {
 		option(operation)
diff --git a/internal/experimental/uploader/chart_uploader.go b/internal/experimental/uploader/chart_uploader.go
index 87a9d5772..488d2d558 100644
--- a/internal/experimental/uploader/chart_uploader.go
+++ b/internal/experimental/uploader/chart_uploader.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ type ChartUploader struct {
 }
 
 // UploadTo uploads a chart. Depending on the settings, it may also upload a provenance file.
-func (c *ChartUploader) UploadTo(ref, remote string) error {
+func (c *ChartUploader) UploadTo(ref, remote string, tag string) error {
 	u, err := url.Parse(remote)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Errorf("invalid chart URL format: %s", remote)
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ func (c *ChartUploader) UploadTo(ref, remote string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return p.Push(ref, u.String(), c.Options...)
+	return p.Push(ref, u.String(), tag, c.Options...)
 }