diff --git a/internal/chart/v3/loader/load.go b/internal/chart/v3/loader/load.go
index 48f346ccf..0ff040eae 100644
--- a/internal/chart/v3/loader/load.go
+++ b/internal/chart/v3/loader/load.go
@@ -183,8 +183,20 @@ func LoadFiles(files []*archive.BufferedFile) (*chart.Chart, error) {
 // The reader is expected to contain one or more YAML documents, the values of which are merged.
 // And the values can be either a chart's default values or user-supplied values.
 func LoadValues(data io.Reader) (map[string]any, error) {
+	// Read fully first. YAMLReader/LineReader can drop a final unterminated
+	// line when its length is an exact multiple of bufio.Reader's default
+	// buffer (4096). Appending a trailing newline avoids that case.
+	// See https://github.com/helm/helm/issues/32506
+	b, err := io.ReadAll(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if len(b) > 0 && b[len(b)-1] != '\n' {
+		b = append(b, '\n')
+	}
+
 	values := map[string]any{}
-	reader := utilyaml.NewYAMLReader(bufio.NewReader(data))
+	reader := utilyaml.NewYAMLReader(bufio.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(b)))
 	for {
 		currentMap := map[string]any{}
 		raw, err := reader.Read()
diff --git a/internal/chart/v3/loader/load_test.go b/internal/chart/v3/loader/load_test.go
index dd5fdc8db..e34364f39 100644
--- a/internal/chart/v3/loader/load_test.go
+++ b/internal/chart/v3/loader/load_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -419,6 +420,33 @@ foo:
 	}
 }
 
+func TestLoadValuesEOFBoundary(t *testing.T) {
+	// Reproduces #32506: a single logical line whose length is a multiple of
+	// bufio's default buffer (4096) and has no trailing newline used to be
+	// dropped entirely by YAMLReader, yielding empty values.
+	// Also cover 8192 (2x buffer) so we do not only hit the single-buffer case.
+	for _, size := range []int{4096, 8192} {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("size_%d", size), func(t *testing.T) {
+			prefix := []byte(`{"foo":"`)
+			suffix := []byte(`"}`)
+			pad := size - len(prefix) - len(suffix)
+			data := make([]byte, 0, size)
+			data = append(data, prefix...)
+			data = append(data, bytes.Repeat([]byte("x"), pad)...)
+			data = append(data, suffix...)
+			if len(data) != size {
+				t.Fatalf("test setup: want data length %d, got %d", size, len(data))
+			}
+
+			values, err := LoadValues(bytes.NewReader(data))
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, map[string]any{
+				"foo": string(bytes.Repeat([]byte("x"), pad)),
+			}, values)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMergeValuesV3(t *testing.T) {
 	nestedMap := map[string]any{
 		"foo": "bar",
diff --git a/pkg/chart/v2/loader/load.go b/pkg/chart/v2/loader/load.go
index 28115d062..d7b125b9b 100644
--- a/pkg/chart/v2/loader/load.go
+++ b/pkg/chart/v2/loader/load.go
@@ -210,8 +210,20 @@ func LoadFiles(files []*archive.BufferedFile) (*chart.Chart, error) {
 // The reader is expected to contain one or more YAML documents, the values of which are merged.
 // And the values can be either a chart's default values or user-supplied values.
 func LoadValues(data io.Reader) (map[string]any, error) {
+	// Read fully first. YAMLReader/LineReader can drop a final unterminated
+	// line when its length is an exact multiple of bufio.Reader's default
+	// buffer (4096). Appending a trailing newline avoids that case.
+	// See https://github.com/helm/helm/issues/32506
+	b, err := io.ReadAll(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if len(b) > 0 && b[len(b)-1] != '\n' {
+		b = append(b, '\n')
+	}
+
 	values := map[string]any{}
-	reader := utilyaml.NewYAMLReader(bufio.NewReader(data))
+	reader := utilyaml.NewYAMLReader(bufio.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(b)))
 	for {
 		currentMap := map[string]any{}
 		raw, err := reader.Read()
diff --git a/pkg/chart/v2/loader/load_test.go b/pkg/chart/v2/loader/load_test.go
index 8bf254321..ae1da1130 100644
--- a/pkg/chart/v2/loader/load_test.go
+++ b/pkg/chart/v2/loader/load_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -463,6 +464,33 @@ foo:
 	}
 }
 
+func TestLoadValuesEOFBoundary(t *testing.T) {
+	// Reproduces #32506: a single logical line whose length is a multiple of
+	// bufio's default buffer (4096) and has no trailing newline used to be
+	// dropped entirely by YAMLReader, yielding empty values.
+	// Also cover 8192 (2x buffer) so we do not only hit the single-buffer case.
+	for _, size := range []int{4096, 8192} {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("size_%d", size), func(t *testing.T) {
+			prefix := []byte(`{"foo":"`)
+			suffix := []byte(`"}`)
+			pad := size - len(prefix) - len(suffix)
+			data := make([]byte, 0, size)
+			data = append(data, prefix...)
+			data = append(data, bytes.Repeat([]byte("x"), pad)...)
+			data = append(data, suffix...)
+			if len(data) != size {
+				t.Fatalf("test setup: want data length %d, got %d", size, len(data))
+			}
+
+			values, err := LoadValues(bytes.NewReader(data))
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, map[string]any{
+				"foo": string(bytes.Repeat([]byte("x"), pad)),
+			}, values)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMergeValuesV2(t *testing.T) {
 	nestedMap := map[string]any{
 		"foo": "bar",