diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/20240611-helm-rc-version.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/20240611-helm-rc-version.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28c4dcd4b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/20240611-helm-rc-version.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - helm - Helm version checks did not support RC versions. They now accept any version tags. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/745).
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/helm.py b/plugins/module_utils/helm.py
index faa12c03ad..edc48f6b0c 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/helm.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/helm.py
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ def get_helm_binary(self):
     def get_helm_version(self):
         command = self.get_helm_binary() + " version"
         rc, out, err = self.run_command(command)
-        m = re.match(r'version.BuildInfo{Version:"v([0-9\.]*)",', out)
+        m = re.match(r'version.BuildInfo{Version:"v(.*?)",', out)
         if m:
             return m.group(1)
-        m = re.match(r'Client: &version.Version{SemVer:"v([0-9\.]*)", ', out)
+        m = re.match(r'Client: &version.Version{SemVer:"v(.*?)", ', out)
         if m:
             return m.group(1)
         return None
diff --git a/tests/unit/module_utils/test_helm.py b/tests/unit/module_utils/test_helm.py
index 5db0a017c8..c4b09e4083 100644
--- a/tests/unit/module_utils/test_helm.py
+++ b/tests/unit/module_utils/test_helm.py
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ def test_module_get_values(_ansible_helm_module, no_values, get_all):
             'version.BuildInfo{Version:"v3.10.3", GitCommit:7870ab3ed4135f136eec, GoVersion:"go1.18.9"}',
             "3.10.3",
         ),
+        (
+            'version.BuildInfo{Version:"v3.15.0-rc.1", GitCommit:"d7afa3b6b432c09a02cd07342e908ba5bed34940", GitTreeState:"clean", GoVersion:"go1.22.4"}',
+            "3.15.0-rc.1",
+        ),
         ('Client: &version.Version{SemVer:"v3.12.3", ', "3.12.3"),
         ('Client: &version.Version{SemVer:"v3.12.3"', None),
     ],