diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ba0e7fefc..91fb8914d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ LDFLAGS += -X helm.sh/helm/v3/internal/version.gitTreeState=${GIT_DIRTY}
 LDFLAGS += $(EXT_LDFLAGS)
 
 # Define constants based on the client-go version
-K8S_MODULES_MAJOR_VER=$(shell awk '/client-go/{s=$$2;sub("^v","",s);split(s,v,".");print v[1]+1}' go.mod)
-K8S_MODULES_MINOR_VER=$(shell awk '/client-go/{s=$$2;sub("^v","",s);split(s,v,".");print v[2]}' go.mod)
+K8S_MODULES_VER=$(subst ., ,$(subst v,,$(shell go list -f '{{.Version}}' -m k8s.io/client-go)))
+K8S_MODULES_MAJOR_VER=$(shell echo $$(($(firstword $(K8S_MODULES_VER)) + 1)))
+K8S_MODULES_MINOR_VER=$(word 2,$(K8S_MODULES_VER))
 
 LDFLAGS += -X helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/lint/rules.k8sVersionMajor=$(K8S_MODULES_MAJOR_VER)
 LDFLAGS += -X helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/lint/rules.k8sVersionMinor=$(K8S_MODULES_MINOR_VER)