diff --git a/helm/kagent/templates/_helpers.tpl b/helm/kagent/templates/_helpers.tpl
index ab894b9ab..5265db80f 100644
--- a/helm/kagent/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/helm/kagent/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Common labels
 helm.sh/chart: {{ printf "%s-%s" .Chart.Name .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
 {{ include "kagent.selectorLabels" . }}
 {{- if .Chart.Version }}
-app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.Version | quote }}
+app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" | quote }}
 {{- end }}
 app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
 app.kubernetes.io/part-of: kagent