diff --git a/internal/charts/chart_dependecies.go b/internal/charts/chart_dependecies.go
index a139c32b..41697cb8 100644
--- a/internal/charts/chart_dependecies.go
+++ b/internal/charts/chart_dependecies.go
@@ -1,21 +1,11 @@
 package charts
 
 import (
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-
 	"go.lsp.dev/uri"
 )
 
 func (c *Chart) GetDependecyURI(dependencyName string) uri.URI {
-	unpackedPath := filepath.Join(c.RootURI.Filename(), "charts", dependencyName)
-	fileInfo, err := os.Stat(unpackedPath)
-
-	if err == nil && fileInfo.IsDir() {
-		return uri.File(unpackedPath)
-	}
-
-	return uri.File(filepath.Join(c.RootURI.Filename(), "charts", DependencyCacheFolder, dependencyName))
+	return uri.File(c.getDependencyDir(dependencyName))
 }
 
 func (c *Chart) GetDependeciesTemplates() []*DependencyTemplateFile {
diff --git a/internal/charts/chart_test.go b/internal/charts/chart_test.go
index bc4a9c8d..ffcf9fea 100644
--- a/internal/charts/chart_test.go
+++ b/internal/charts/chart_test.go
@@ -255,3 +255,20 @@ func TestGetValueLocation(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, valueLocation)
 }
+
+func TestLoadsHelmChartWithDependeciesAsFileURI(t *testing.T) {
+	chart := charts.NewChart(uri.File("../../testdata/dependencyFileURIExample/"), util.ValuesFilesConfig{})
+
+	dependecyTemplates := chart.GetDependeciesTemplates()
+	assert.Len(t, dependecyTemplates, 2)
+
+	filePaths := []string{}
+	for _, dependency := range dependecyTemplates {
+		filePaths = append(filePaths, dependency.Path)
+	}
+	path, _ := filepath.Abs("../../testdata/dependenciesExample/charts/subchartexample/templates/subchart.yaml")
+	assert.Contains(t, filePaths, path)
+
+	path, _ = filepath.Abs("../../testdata/dependenciesExample/charts/subchartexample/templates/_helpers_subchart.tpl")
+	assert.Contains(t, filePaths, path)
+}
diff --git a/internal/charts/dependency_files.go b/internal/charts/dependency_files.go
index bf65c0f3..07043684 100644
--- a/internal/charts/dependency_files.go
+++ b/internal/charts/dependency_files.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package charts
 
 import (
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -26,7 +27,32 @@ type PossibleDependencyFile interface {
 	GetPath() string
 }
 
+func (c *Chart) getDependencyPathFromMetadata(chartName string) string {
+	for _, dep := range c.ChartMetadata.Metadata.Dependencies {
+		if dep.Name == chartName {
+			return dep.Repository
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 func (c *Chart) getDependencyDir(chartName string) string {
+	dependencyURI := c.getDependencyPathFromMetadata(chartName)
+	fileURIPrefix := "file://"
+	if dependencyURI != "" && strings.HasPrefix(dependencyURI, fileURIPrefix) {
+		relativePath := dependencyURI[len(fileURIPrefix):]
+		relativePathClean, err := url.PathUnescape(relativePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Error("Could not unescape dependency file path", relativePath, err)
+		}
+		absolutePath := filepath.Join(c.RootURI.Filename(), relativePathClean)
+
+		_, err = os.Stat(absolutePath)
+		if err == nil {
+			return absolutePath
+		}
+	}
+
 	extractedPath := filepath.Join(c.RootURI.Filename(), "charts", chartName)
 	_, err := os.Stat(extractedPath)
 	if err == nil {
diff --git a/internal/handler/yaml_handler/definition_test.go b/internal/handler/yaml_handler/definition_test.go
index 654ff577..1559a784 100644
--- a/internal/handler/yaml_handler/definition_test.go
+++ b/internal/handler/yaml_handler/definition_test.go
@@ -132,6 +132,19 @@ func TestDefinition(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			"",
 		},
+		{
+			"From chart to dependency defined by URI",
+			"../../../testdata/dependencyFileURIExample/values.yaml",
+			"^onlyInSubchartValues:",
+
+			[]testutil.ExpectedLocationsResult{
+				{
+					Filepath:   "../../../testdata/dependenciesExample/charts/subchartexample/values.yaml",
+					MarkedLine: "§onlyInSubchartValues§: ",
+				},
+			},
+			"",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
diff --git a/testdata/dependencyFileURIExample/.helmignore b/testdata/dependencyFileURIExample/.helmignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e8a0eb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/dependencyFileURIExample/.helmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Patterns to ignore when building packages.
+# This supports shell glob matching, relative path matching, and
+# negation (prefixed with !). Only one pattern per line.
+.DS_Store
+# Common VCS dirs
+.git/
+.gitignore
+.bzr/
+.bzrignore
+.hg/
+.hgignore
+.svn/
+# Common backup files
+*.swp
+*.bak
+*.tmp
+*.orig
+*~
+# Various IDEs
+.project
+.idea/
+*.tmproj
+.vscode/
diff --git a/testdata/dependencyFileURIExample/Chart.lock b/testdata/dependencyFileURIExample/Chart.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d768586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/dependencyFileURIExample/Chart.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+dependencies:
+- name: subchartexample
+  repository: file://../dependenciesExample/charts/subchartexample
+  version: 0.1.0
+digest: sha256:4ca6d785cb293110a14cfd230b21a1a420a5a3d817c9ebdf7d1ad8d77c139900
+generated: "2025-08-03T13:33:39.788449204+02:00"
diff --git a/testdata/dependencyFileURIExample/Chart.yaml b/testdata/dependencyFileURIExample/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02e50709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/dependencyFileURIExample/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+apiVersion: v2
+name: dependencyFileURIExample
+description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
+
+# A chart can be either an 'application' or a 'library' chart.
+#
+# Application charts are a collection of templates that can be packaged into versioned archives
+# to be deployed.
+#
+# Library charts provide useful utilities or functions for the chart developer. They're included as
+# a dependency of application charts to inject those utilities and functions into the rendering
+# pipeline. Library charts do not define any templates and therefore cannot be deployed.
+type: application
+
+# This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
+# to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
+# Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
+version: 0.1.0
+
+# This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
+# incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
+# follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
+# It is recommended to use it with quotes.
+appVersion: "1.16.0"
+dependencies:
+  - name: subchartexample
+    version: x.x.x
+    repository: "file://../dependenciesExample/charts/subchartexample"
diff --git a/testdata/dependencyFileURIExample/charts/.helm_ls_cache/subchartexample/values.yaml b/testdata/dependencyFileURIExample/charts/.helm_ls_cache/subchartexample/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b43e5851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/dependencyFileURIExample/charts/.helm_ls_cache/subchartexample/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+global:
+  subchart: works
+  globalFromSubchart: works
+subchartWithoutGlobal: works
+onlyInSubchartValues: hi
diff --git a/testdata/dependencyFileURIExample/charts/subchartexample-0.1.0.tgz b/testdata/dependencyFileURIExample/charts/subchartexample-0.1.0.tgz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b3142a6
Binary files /dev/null and b/testdata/dependencyFileURIExample/charts/subchartexample-0.1.0.tgz differ
diff --git a/testdata/dependencyFileURIExample/values.yaml b/testdata/dependencyFileURIExample/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0af6c5e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/dependencyFileURIExample/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+subchartexample:
+  onlyInSubchartValues: hi