diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 128a4cbdab..86bfc3ede3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -175,6 +175,23 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
 
+  upload-helm-chart-tarball:
+    needs: release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install helm
+        uses: azure/setup-helm@v4.2.0
+        id: install
+
+      - name: Generate and upload helm chart tarball
+        run: |
+          ./tools/packaging/release/release.sh upload-helm-chart-tarball
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+
   publish-release:
     needs: [ build-and-push-assets-amd64, build-and-push-assets-arm64, build-and-push-assets-s390x, build-and-push-assets-ppc64le, publish-multi-arch-images, upload-multi-arch-static-tarball, upload-versions-yaml, upload-cargo-vendored-tarball, upload-libseccomp-tarball ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
diff --git a/tools/packaging/release/release.sh b/tools/packaging/release/release.sh
index 4cd655f2ee..9dcf570718 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/release/release.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/release/release.sh
@@ -205,6 +205,16 @@ function _upload_libseccomp_tarball()
 	gh release upload "${RELEASE_VERSION}" "${asc}"
 }
 
+function _upload_helm_chart_tarball()
+{
+	_check_required_env_var "GH_TOKEN"
+
+	RELEASE_VERSION="$(_release_version)"
+
+	helm package ${repo_root_dir}/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy
+	gh release upload "${RELEASE_VERSION}" "kata-deploy-${RELEASE_VERSION}.tgz"
+}
+
 function main()
 {
 	action="${1:-}"
@@ -217,6 +227,7 @@ function main()
 		upload-versions-yaml-file) _upload_versions_yaml_file ;;
 		upload-vendored-code-tarball) _upload_vendored_code_tarball ;;
 		upload-libseccomp-tarball) _upload_libseccomp_tarball ;;
+		upload-helm-chart-tarball) _upload_helm_chart_tarball ;;
 		publish-release) _publish_release ;;
 		*) >&2 _die "Invalid argument" ;;
 	esac