diff --git a/.github/scripts/exclude_ci_files.txt b/.github/scripts/exclude_ci_files.txt
index 476d958b78..8b00f3872b 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/exclude_ci_files.txt
+++ b/.github/scripts/exclude_ci_files.txt
@@ -46,5 +46,6 @@
 .github/workflows/stale.yml
 .github/workflows/update-docker-images.yml
 .github/workflows/update-docker-sha.yml
+.github/workflows/update-kubernetes-version.yml
 .github/workflows/updates-notification.yml
 .github/workflows/version-bump.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-kubernetes-version.yml b/.github/workflows/update-kubernetes-version.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23b38fdb6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-kubernetes-version.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+name: Update Kubernetes version in Helm chart
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - release-*
+    paths:
+      - tests/Dockerfile
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.ref_name }}-k8s-version
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  update-k8s-version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+
+      - name: Get current k8s version from Kind image
+        id: k8s-version
+        run: |
+          v=$(grep kindest tests/Dockerfile | cut -d ':' -f 2 | cut -d '@' -f 1)
+          echo "version=${v}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          cat $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Search for the version in the schema file
+        id: search
+        run: |
+          found="false"
+          if grep -q ${{ steps.k8s-version.outputs.version }} charts/nginx-ingress/values.schema.json; then
+            found="true"
+          fi
+          echo "found=$found" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          cat $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Replace version in Helm schema file
+        run: |
+          sed -i -e "s#/v[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+/_definitions.json#/${{ steps.k8s-version.outputs.version }}/_definitions.json#" charts/nginx-ingress/values.schema.json
+        if: ${{ steps.search.outputs.found == 'false' }}
+
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@c5a7806660adbe173f04e3e038b0ccdcd758773c # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.NGINX_PAT }}
+          commit-message: update kubernetes version to ${{ steps.k8s-version.outputs.version }} in helm schema
+          title: update kubernetes version to ${{ steps.k8s-version.outputs.version }} in helm schema
+          branch: chore/k8s-${{ steps.k8s-version.outputs.version }}
+          author: nginx-bot <integrations@nginx.com>
+          body: |
+            This automated PR updates the helm schema k8s version to ${{ steps.k8s-version.outputs.version }}.
+        if: ${{ steps.search.outputs.found == 'false' }}