diff --git a/internal/chart/v3/util/dependencies.go b/internal/chart/v3/util/dependencies.go
index 91427091a..063e4fab1 100644
--- a/internal/chart/v3/util/dependencies.go
+++ b/internal/chart/v3/util/dependencies.go
@@ -214,9 +214,12 @@ Loop:
 
 	// recursively call self to process sub dependencies
 	for _, t := range cd {
-		// cvals[path][alias] may be stale when an alias is used, because ancestor
-		// CoalesceValues calls used the original chart name. Fill in missing keys from the
-		// correctly-coalesced top-level entry, keeping the nested entry authoritative.
+		// When a dependency uses an alias, cvals[path][alias] may be missing keys
+		// that were coalesced into cvals[originalName] by ancestor CoalesceValues
+		// calls (which used the original chart name, not the alias). To correct
+		// this, we backfill any missing keys from the top-level entry into the
+		// nested path entry. The nested entry is authoritative: if a key exists
+		// in both, the nested (alias-keyed) value wins.
 		if path != "" {
 			if pt, err := cvals.Table(strings.TrimSuffix(path, ".")); err == nil {
 				if top, ok := cvals[t.Metadata.Name].(map[string]interface{}); ok {
diff --git a/internal/chart/v3/util/dependencies_test.go b/internal/chart/v3/util/dependencies_test.go
index 8b3d458e8..6ca87cf4d 100644
--- a/internal/chart/v3/util/dependencies_test.go
+++ b/internal/chart/v3/util/dependencies_test.go
@@ -578,6 +578,47 @@ func TestDependencyEnabledAliasNestedCondition(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestDependencyEnabledAliasNestedConditionEnabled tests that overriding util.enabled=true
+// through the parent chart's values correctly includes the dependency even when the leaf
+// chart's default disables it. This is the complementary positive case to
+// TestDependencyEnabledAliasNestedCondition.
+func TestDependencyEnabledAliasNestedConditionEnabled(t *testing.T) {
+	// Chart structure:
+	//   parentchart -> mid (alias: midchart) -> leaf (alias: leafchart) -> util (condition: util.enabled)
+	//
+	// leaf/values.yaml sets util.enabled: false by default.
+	// User-provided values override util.enabled=true via the full alias path.
+	// Expected: util IS included in the output.
+	c := loadChart(t, "testdata/alias-condition-nested")
+	vals := map[string]interface{}{
+		"midchart": map[string]interface{}{
+			"enabled": true,
+			"leafchart": map[string]interface{}{
+				"enabled": true,
+				"util": map[string]interface{}{
+					"enabled": true,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	if err := processDependencyEnabled(c, vals, ""); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error processing enabled dependencies: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	names := extractChartNames(c)
+	expected := []string{"parentchart", "parentchart.midchart", "parentchart.midchart.leafchart", "parentchart.midchart.leafchart.util"}
+	sort.Strings(expected)
+
+	if len(names) != len(expected) {
+		t.Fatalf("slice lengths do not match: got %v, expected %v", names, expected)
+	}
+	for i := range names {
+		if names[i] != expected[i] {
+			t.Fatalf("slice values do not match: got %v, expected %v", names, expected)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestChartWithDependencyAliasedTwiceAndDoublyReferencedSubDependency(t *testing.T) {
 	c := loadChart(t, "testdata/chart-with-dependency-aliased-twice")
 
diff --git a/pkg/chart/v2/util/dependencies.go b/pkg/chart/v2/util/dependencies.go
index 727d0dcf0..38ca554b3 100644
--- a/pkg/chart/v2/util/dependencies.go
+++ b/pkg/chart/v2/util/dependencies.go
@@ -214,9 +214,12 @@ Loop:
 
 	// recursively call self to process sub dependencies
 	for _, t := range cd {
-		// cvals[path][alias] may be stale when an alias is used, because ancestor
-		// CoalesceValues calls used the original chart name. Fill in missing keys from the
-		// correctly-coalesced top-level entry, keeping the nested entry authoritative.
+		// When a dependency uses an alias, cvals[path][alias] may be missing keys
+		// that were coalesced into cvals[originalName] by ancestor CoalesceValues
+		// calls (which used the original chart name, not the alias). To correct
+		// this, we backfill any missing keys from the top-level entry into the
+		// nested path entry. The nested entry is authoritative: if a key exists
+		// in both, the nested (alias-keyed) value wins.
 		if path != "" {
 			if pt, err := cvals.Table(strings.TrimSuffix(path, ".")); err == nil {
 				if top, ok := cvals[t.Metadata.Name].(map[string]interface{}); ok {
diff --git a/pkg/chart/v2/util/dependencies_test.go b/pkg/chart/v2/util/dependencies_test.go
index 0cc1c8967..23d4b8c32 100644
--- a/pkg/chart/v2/util/dependencies_test.go
+++ b/pkg/chart/v2/util/dependencies_test.go
@@ -163,6 +163,47 @@ func TestDependencyEnabledAliasNestedCondition(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestDependencyEnabledAliasNestedConditionEnabled tests that overriding util.enabled=true
+// through the parent chart's values correctly includes the dependency even when the leaf
+// chart's default disables it. This is the complementary positive case to
+// TestDependencyEnabledAliasNestedCondition.
+func TestDependencyEnabledAliasNestedConditionEnabled(t *testing.T) {
+	// Chart structure:
+	//   parentchart -> mid (alias: midchart) -> leaf (alias: leafchart) -> util (condition: util.enabled)
+	//
+	// leaf/values.yaml sets util.enabled: false by default.
+	// User-provided values override util.enabled=true via the full alias path.
+	// Expected: util IS included in the output.
+	c := loadChart(t, "testdata/alias-condition-nested")
+	vals := map[string]interface{}{
+		"midchart": map[string]interface{}{
+			"enabled": true,
+			"leafchart": map[string]interface{}{
+				"enabled": true,
+				"util": map[string]interface{}{
+					"enabled": true,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	if err := processDependencyEnabled(c, vals, ""); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error processing enabled dependencies: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	names := extractChartNames(c)
+	expected := []string{"parentchart", "parentchart.midchart", "parentchart.midchart.leafchart", "parentchart.midchart.leafchart.util"}
+	sort.Strings(expected)
+
+	if len(names) != len(expected) {
+		t.Fatalf("slice lengths do not match: got %v, expected %v", names, expected)
+	}
+	for i := range names {
+		if names[i] != expected[i] {
+			t.Fatalf("slice values do not match: got %v, expected %v", names, expected)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // extractChartNames recursively searches chart dependencies returning all charts found
 func extractChartNames(c *chart.Chart) []string {
 	var out []string