diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 166ad656..ac0f9c9f 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/action"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/chart"
@@ -573,14 +575,37 @@ func (c *HelmClient) upgradeCRD(ctx context.Context, k8sClient *clientset.Client
 	}
 }
 
+func (c *HelmClient) createCRDV1(ctx context.Context, cl *clientset.Clientset, crd *v1.CustomResourceDefinition) error {
+	if _, err := cl.ApiextensionsV1().CustomResourceDefinitions().Create(ctx, crd, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	c.DebugLog("create ran successful for CRD: %s", crd.Name)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *HelmClient) createCRDV1Beta1(ctx context.Context, cl *clientset.Clientset, crd *v1beta1.CustomResourceDefinition) error {
+	if _, err := cl.ApiextensionsV1beta1().CustomResourceDefinitions().Create(ctx, crd, metav1.CreateOptions{}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	c.DebugLog("create ran successful for CRD: %s", crd.Name)
+	return nil
+}
+
 // upgradeCRDV1Beta1 upgrades a CRD of the v1beta1 API version using the provided k8s client and CRD yaml.
 func (c *HelmClient) upgradeCRDV1Beta1(ctx context.Context, cl *clientset.Clientset, rawCRD []byte) error {
 	var crdObj v1beta1.CustomResourceDefinition
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(rawCRD, &crdObj); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	existingCRDObj, err := cl.ApiextensionsV1beta1().CustomResourceDefinitions().Get(ctx, crdObj.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
+		if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return c.createCRDV1Beta1(ctx, cl, &crdObj)
+		}
+
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -635,6 +660,10 @@ func (c *HelmClient) upgradeCRDV1(ctx context.Context, cl *clientset.Clientset,
 
 	existingCRDObj, err := cl.ApiextensionsV1().CustomResourceDefinitions().Get(ctx, crdObj.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
+		if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return c.createCRDV1(ctx, cl, &crdObj)
+		}
+
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/client_test.go b/client_test.go
index 7fc5a3b7..3020a315 100644
--- a/client_test.go
+++ b/client_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package helmclient
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/repo"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 )