Error: can't get a valid version for repositories . Try changing the version constraint in Chart.yaml

Question

When I run helm dependency build I get

Error: can't get a valid version for repositories ingress-nginx. Try changing the version constraint in Chart.yaml

I've tried all kinds of things the version,

1.x.x
~1
^1

Everything generates that error. This the relevant part of my Chart.yaml

- name: ingress-nginx
    repository: https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx
    version: 1.x.x

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 13 '23 at 06:03

App Version vs Chart Version

There are two pieces of software in play with different version numbers,

[nginx upstream](https://github.com/nginx/nginx] which in this example is currently at 1.23.4
ingress-nginx which is a chart that uses nginx and that chart is currently at 4.6.0

The helm dependency version field is for the version of the chart. Not the upstream software being packaged.