diff --git a/generators/artifacthub/package.go b/generators/artifacthub/package.go
index f0daeecf..2ef78880 100644
--- a/generators/artifacthub/package.go
+++ b/generators/artifacthub/package.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (pkg AhPackage) GenerateComponents(group string) ([]_component.ComponentDef
 			comp.Model.Metadata.AdditionalProperties = make(map[string]interface{})
 		}
 		comp.Model.Metadata.AdditionalProperties["source_uri"] = pkg.ChartUrl
-		comp.Model.Version = pkg.Version
+		comp.Model.Version = pkg.sanitizedVersion()
 		comp.Model.Name = pkg.Name
 		comp.Model.Category = category.CategoryDefinition{
 			Name: "",
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ func (pkg *AhPackage) Validator() {
 
 }
 
+func (pkg AhPackage) sanitizedVersion() string {
+	return strings.TrimPrefix(pkg.Version, "v")
+}
+
 // GetAllAhHelmPackages returns a list of all AhPackages and is super slow to avoid rate limits.
 func GetAllAhHelmPackages() ([]AhPackage, error) {
 	pkgs := make([]AhPackage, 0)
diff --git a/generators/artifacthub/package_test.go b/generators/artifacthub/package_test.go
index 34b24938..1b1a6401 100644
--- a/generators/artifacthub/package_test.go
+++ b/generators/artifacthub/package_test.go
@@ -71,3 +71,27 @@ func TestGetChartUrl(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestVersionSanitization(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		input    string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{"With v prefix", "v1.2.3", "1.2.3"},
+		{"Without v prefix", "1.2.3", "1.2.3"},
+		{"Date based", "v2022.06.14", "2022.06.14"},
+		{"Empty", "", ""},
+		{"Complex", "v1.0.0-beta+exp.sha.5114f85", "1.0.0-beta+exp.sha.5114f85"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			pkg := AhPackage{Version: tt.input}
+			// This calls the helper method we added to package.go
+			if got := pkg.sanitizedVersion(); got != tt.expected {
+				t.Errorf("sanitizedVersion() = %v, want %v", got, tt.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}