diff --git a/util/helm/helm.go b/util/helm/helm.go
index 9c8611c236..e5e3c5e9f9 100644
--- a/util/helm/helm.go
+++ b/util/helm/helm.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	argoappv1 "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/config"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/kube"
+	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/util/text"
 )
 
 // Helm provides wrapper functionality around the `helm` command.
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ func (h *helm) Template(appName, namespace, kubeVersion string, opts *argoappv1.
 	templateOpts := templateOpts{
 		name:        appName,
 		namespace:   namespace,
-		kubeVersion: kubeVersion,
+		kubeVersion: text.SemVer(kubeVersion),
 		set:         map[string]string{},
 		setString:   map[string]string{},
 	}
diff --git a/util/helm/helm_test.go b/util/helm/helm_test.go
index 705dcdeb78..eb91efede1 100644
--- a/util/helm/helm_test.go
+++ b/util/helm/helm_test.go
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func TestHelmValues(t *testing.T) {
   slaveCount: 2
 `,
 	}
-	objs, err := h.Template("test", "", "", &opts)
+	objs, err := h.Template("test", "", "1.4+", &opts)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	for _, obj := range objs {
 		if obj.GetKind() == "Deployment" && obj.GetName() == "test-redis-slave" {
diff --git a/util/text/text.go b/util/text/text.go
index d8d803052a..bb0feebcc2 100644
--- a/util/text/text.go
+++ b/util/text/text.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package text
 
+import "strings"
+
 // truncates messages to n characters
 func Trunc(message string, n int) string {
 	if len(message) > n {
@@ -7,3 +9,7 @@ func Trunc(message string, n int) string {
 	}
 	return message
 }
+
+func SemVer(s string) string {
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(s, "+", "")
+}
diff --git a/util/text/text_test.go b/util/text/text_test.go
index a7a6ef6344..34d3648265 100644
--- a/util/text/text_test.go
+++ b/util/text/text_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package text
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func TestTrunc(t *testing.T) {
@@ -26,3 +28,8 @@ func TestTrunc(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSemVer(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "1.4", SemVer("1.4"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "1.4", SemVer("1.4+"))
+}