diff --git a/.github/workflows/helm-build-push.yml b/.github/workflows/helm-build-push.yml
index 499025a7fc1..5af94051a5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/helm-build-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/helm-build-push.yml
@@ -19,16 +19,21 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      # We publish our 'release' Semver tags as X.Y.Z-stackhpc.[1-9]+
-      # so if main branch chart version doesn't match this then abort
-      - name: Fail on dev chart version
-        run: yq .version deployment/helm/Chart.yaml | grep "\-stackhpc.[0-9]\+$"
+      - name: Fail on semver pre-release chart version
+        run: yq .version deployment/helm/Chart.yaml | grep -v '[a-zA-Z-]'
         if: ${{ github.ref_name == 'main'}}
 
-      # Stable 'release' image tags should be of the form "v<upstream-semver>-stackhpc.X"
-      - name: Fail on dev image version
-        run: yq .appVersion deployment/helm/Chart.yaml | grep "^v[0-9]" | grep "\-stackhpc.[0-9]\+$"
-        if: ${{ github.ref_name == 'main'}}
+      - name: Fail if image tags don't exist
+        run: >-
+         curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $(echo ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | base64)"
+         https://ghcr.io/v2/stackhpc/danswer/danswer-backend/tags/list
+         | jq .tags
+         | grep $( yq .appVersion deployment/helm/Chart.yaml )-$( yq .tagSuffix deployment/helm/values.yaml )
+         &&
+         curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $(echo ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | base64)"
+         https://ghcr.io/v2/stackhpc/danswer/danswer-web-server/tags/list
+         | jq .tags
+         | grep $( yq .appVersion deployment/helm/Chart.yaml )-$( yq .tagSuffix deployment/helm/values.yaml )
 
       - name: Configure Git
         run: |
diff --git a/deployment/helm/Chart.yaml b/deployment/helm/Chart.yaml
index c0c47496ab2..246390ccb84 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/Chart.yaml
@@ -5,18 +5,8 @@ home: https://www.danswer.ai/
 sources:
   - "https://github.com/danswer-ai/danswer"
 type: application
-version: 0.5.10-stackhpc.1
-appVersion: v0.5.10-stackhpc.1
-annotations:
-  category: Productivity
-  licenses: MIT
-  images: |
-    - name: webserver
-      image: docker.io/danswer/danswer-web-server:latest
-    - name: background
-      image: docker.io/danswer/danswer-backend:latest
-    - name: vespa
-      image: vespaengine/vespa:8.277.17
+version: 0.1.0
+appVersion: v0.5.10
 dependencies:
   - name: postgresql
     version: 14.3.1
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/api-deployment.yaml b/deployment/helm/templates/api-deployment.yaml
index a10932807b8..f607da4783d 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/templates/api-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/templates/api-deployment.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ spec:
         - name: api-server
           securityContext:
             {{- toYaml .Values.api.securityContext | nindent 12 }}
-          image: "{{ .Values.api.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.api.image.tag | default .Values.appVersionOverride | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
+          image: "{{ .Values.api.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.api.image.tag | default .Values.appVersionOverride | default .Chart.AppVersion }}-{{ .Values.tagSuffix }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.api.image.pullPolicy }}
           command:
             - "/bin/sh"
diff --git a/deployment/helm/templates/webserver-deployment.yaml b/deployment/helm/templates/webserver-deployment.yaml
index a50e4e79b7e..af99247cee2 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/templates/webserver-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/templates/webserver-deployment.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ spec:
         - name: web-server
           securityContext:
             {{- toYaml .Values.webserver.securityContext | nindent 12 }}
-          image: "{{ .Values.webserver.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.webserver.image.tag | default .Values.appVersionOverride | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
+          image: "{{ .Values.webserver.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.webserver.image.tag | default .Values.appVersionOverride | default .Chart.AppVersion }}-{{ .Values.tagSuffix }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.webserver.image.pullPolicy }}
           ports:
             - name: http
diff --git a/deployment/helm/values.yaml b/deployment/helm/values.yaml
index 9142f5235ee..2dec646b5cf 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/values.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ nameOverride: ""
 fullnameOverride: ""
 appVersionOverride: # e.g "v0.3.93"
 
+# The suffix to add to the backend and web-server image
+# tags to refer to downstream image modifications.
+# The full image ref will be:
+# {{ image-name }}:{{ image-tag or appVersion }}-{{ tagSuffix }}
+tagSuffix: stackhpc.1
+
 inferenceCapability:
   service:
     name: inference-model-server-service