diff --git a/lib/prepare.js b/lib/prepare.js
index 35b0457..0e3feca 100644
--- a/lib/prepare.js
+++ b/lib/prepare.js
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ module.exports = async (pluginConfig, context) => {
 
   const ch = yaml.load(await fsPromises.readFile("./Chart.yaml"));
 
-  await execa('helm', ['package', '--version', version, '--app-version', version, "."], {
+  const appVersion = pluginConfig.skipAppVersion ? ch.appVersion : version;
+
+  await execa('helm', ['package', '--version', version, '--app-version', appVersion, "."], {
     env: {HELM_EXPERIMENTAL_OCI: 1}
   });