diff --git a/pkg/releaser/releaser.go b/pkg/releaser/releaser.go
index 03e28ae2..85df9a96 100644
--- a/pkg/releaser/releaser.go
+++ b/pkg/releaser/releaser.go
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ func (r *Releaser) UpdateIndexFile() (bool, error) {
 		for _, asset := range release.Assets {
 			downloadURL, _ := url.Parse(asset.URL)
 			name := filepath.Base(downloadURL.Path)
+			// Decode URL-encoded characters in the filename (e.g., %2B -> +)
+			name, err = url.PathUnescape(name)
+			if err != nil {
+				return false, errors.Wrapf(err, "error decoding filename from URL: %s", asset.URL)
+			}
 			// Ignore any other files added in the release by the users.
 			if filepath.Ext(name) != chartAssetFileExtension {
 				continue
@@ -255,8 +260,14 @@ func (r *Releaser) splitPackageNameAndVersion(pkg string) []string {
 	return []string{pkg[0:delimIndex], pkg[delimIndex+1:]}
 }
 
-func (r *Releaser) addToIndexFile(indexFile *repo.IndexFile, url string) error {
-	arch := filepath.Join(r.config.PackagePath, filepath.Base(url))
+func (r *Releaser) addToIndexFile(indexFile *repo.IndexFile, urlStr string) error {
+	// Decode URL-encoded characters in the filename (e.g., %2B -> +)
+	filename := filepath.Base(urlStr)
+	decodedFilename, err := url.PathUnescape(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error decoding filename from URL: %s", urlStr)
+	}
+	arch := filepath.Join(r.config.PackagePath, decodedFilename)
 
 	// extract chart metadata
 	fmt.Printf("Extracting chart metadata from %s\n", arch)
@@ -274,7 +285,7 @@ func (r *Releaser) addToIndexFile(indexFile *repo.IndexFile, url string) error {
 	// remove url name from url as helm's index library
 	// adds it in during .Add
 	// there should be a better way to handle this :(
-	s := strings.Split(url, "/")
+	s := strings.Split(urlStr, "/")
 	s = s[:len(s)-1]
 
 	if r.config.PackagesWithIndex {
@@ -283,8 +294,8 @@ func (r *Releaser) addToIndexFile(indexFile *repo.IndexFile, url string) error {
 		s = s[:0]
 	}
 
-	// Add to index
-	return indexFile.MustAdd(c.Metadata, filepath.Base(arch), strings.Join(s, "/"), hash)
+	// Add to index (using the decoded filename)
+	return indexFile.MustAdd(c.Metadata, decodedFilename, strings.Join(s, "/"), hash)
 }
 
 // CreateReleases finds and uploads Helm chart packages to GitHub
diff --git a/pkg/releaser/releaser_test.go b/pkg/releaser/releaser_test.go
index dde79340..6f87c781 100644
--- a/pkg/releaser/releaser_test.go
+++ b/pkg/releaser/releaser_test.go
@@ -116,9 +116,33 @@ func (f *FakeGitHub) CreatePullRequest(owner string, repo string, message string
 }
 
 func TestReleaser_UpdateIndexFile(t *testing.T) {
-	indexDir, _ := os.MkdirTemp(".", "index")
+	indexDir, err := os.MkdirTemp(".", "index")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create temp directory: %v", err)
+	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(indexDir)
 
+	// Create a separate index directory for the URL encoding test
+	indexDirWithPlus, err := os.MkdirTemp(".", "index-plus")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create temp directory: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(indexDirWithPlus)
+
+	// FakeGitHub that returns URL-encoded asset URLs (e.g., + encoded as %2B)
+	fakeGitHubURLEncoded := &FakeGitHubWithURLEncoding{
+		release: &github.Release{
+			Name:        "test-chart-0.1.0+build.1",
+			Description: "A Helm chart with build metadata",
+			Assets: []*github.Asset{
+				{
+					Path: "testdata/release-packages-plus/test-chart-0.1.0+build.1.tgz",
+					URL:  "https://myrepo/charts/test-chart-0.1.0%2Bbuild.1.tgz",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
 	fakeGitHub := new(FakeGitHub)
 
 	tests := []struct {
@@ -177,6 +201,18 @@ func TestReleaser_UpdateIndexFile(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			indexFile: "",
 		},
+		{
+			name:   "index-file-with-url-encoded-plus-sign",
+			exists: false,
+			releaser: &Releaser{
+				config: &config.Options{
+					IndexPath:   filepath.Join(indexDirWithPlus, "index.yaml"),
+					PackagePath: "testdata/release-packages-plus",
+				},
+				github: fakeGitHubURLEncoded,
+			},
+			indexFile: "",
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -198,6 +234,20 @@ func TestReleaser_UpdateIndexFile(t *testing.T) {
 			} else {
 				_, err := os.Stat(tt.releaser.config.IndexPath)
 				assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+				// Additional verification for URL-encoded case
+				if tt.name == "index-file-with-url-encoded-plus-sign" {
+					indexFile, err := repo.LoadIndexFile(tt.releaser.config.IndexPath)
+					assert.NoError(t, err, "should load index file")
+					assert.True(t, indexFile.Has("test-chart", "0.1.0+build.1"),
+						"index should contain chart version with + sign (decoded from %2B)")
+
+					// Verify the chart entry has the correct version with build metadata
+					chartVersion, err := indexFile.Get("test-chart", "0.1.0+build.1")
+					assert.NoError(t, err, "should retrieve chart version")
+					assert.NotNil(t, chartVersion, "chart version should not be nil")
+					assert.Equal(t, "0.1.0+build.1", chartVersion.Version, "version should preserve + sign")
+				}
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -535,3 +585,19 @@ func TestReleaser_ReleaseNotes(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+type FakeGitHubWithURLEncoding struct {
+	release *github.Release
+}
+
+func (f *FakeGitHubWithURLEncoding) CreateRelease(ctx context.Context, input *github.Release) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (f *FakeGitHubWithURLEncoding) GetRelease(ctx context.Context, tag string) (*github.Release, error) {
+	return f.release, nil
+}
+
+func (f *FakeGitHubWithURLEncoding) CreatePullRequest(owner string, repo string, message string, head string, base string) (string, error) {
+	return "https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/42", nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/releaser/testdata/release-packages-plus/test-chart-0.1.0+build.1.tgz b/pkg/releaser/testdata/release-packages-plus/test-chart-0.1.0+build.1.tgz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db1466b1
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