diff --git a/.github/workflows/image.yaml b/.github/workflows/image.yaml
index 7f232e012..ebcb11902 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 name: Image
 
-# Build and push the konnector + backend images. Pushes only on tags:
+# Build and push the konnector + backend images and Helm charts on tags:
 #   - tags v* -> ghcr.io/<owner>/konnector:<version>, ghcr.io/<owner>/backend:<version>
+#   - tags v* -> oci://ghcr.io/kbind/charts/{konnector-v2,backend-v2}:<version>
 # No :latest or :<sha> tags — the image repo is shared with v1/main images.
 on:
   push:
@@ -47,3 +48,21 @@ jobs:
             --push \
             .
         done
+
+  publish-chart:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+
+    - name: Install Helm
+      uses: azure/setup-helm@9bc31f4ebc9c6b171d7bfbaa5d006ae7abdb4310 # v5.0.1
+
+    - name: Log in to GHCR for Helm
+      run: echo "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" | helm registry login ghcr.io --username ${{ github.actor }} --password-stdin
+
+    - name: Version from tag
+      id: v
+      run: echo "version=${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+    - name: Package and push Helm charts (OCI)
+      run: make helm-push VERSION=${{ steps.v.outputs.version }}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 27e3b7c02..71beadca7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ CONTROLLER_GEN ?= go run sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen@v0.17.2
 GOLANGCI_LINT  ?= golangci-lint
 ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION ?= 1.34.1
 SETUP_ENVTEST  ?= go run sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest@release-0.21
-CHART ?= deploy/charts/konnector
-BACKEND_CHART ?= deploy/charts/backend
+CHART ?= deploy/charts/konnector-v2
+BACKEND_CHART ?= deploy/charts/backend-v2
 IMAGE ?= ghcr.io/kbind/konnector:dev
 
 .PHONY: all
@@ -150,3 +150,25 @@ tilt-ci:
 tilt-down:
 	kind delete cluster --name kbind-provider || true
 	kind delete cluster --name kbind-consumer || true
+
+# Helm publishing parameters
+HELM ?= helm
+HELM_REPO ?= ghcr.io/kbind/charts
+VERSION ?= 0.0.0-dev
+CHART_VERSION ?= $(VERSION)
+IMAGE_VERSION ?= $(VERSION)
+HELM_CHARTS ?= konnector-v2 backend-v2
+
+## helm-push: Package and push Helm charts to $(HELM_REPO) as OCI artifacts
+.PHONY: helm-push
+helm-push:
+	mkdir -p bin/charts
+	@for chart in $(HELM_CHARTS); do \
+	  echo "==> packaging $$chart $(CHART_VERSION)"; \
+	  $(HELM) package deploy/charts/$$chart \
+	    --version $(CHART_VERSION) \
+	    --app-version $(IMAGE_VERSION) \
+	    --destination bin/charts || exit 1; \
+	  echo "==> pushing $$chart-$(CHART_VERSION).tgz to oci://$(HELM_REPO)"; \
+	  $(HELM) push bin/charts/$$chart-$(CHART_VERSION).tgz oci://$(HELM_REPO) || exit 1; \
+	done
diff --git a/deploy/charts/backend/.helmignore b/deploy/charts/backend-v2/.helmignore
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/backend/.helmignore
rename to deploy/charts/backend-v2/.helmignore
diff --git a/deploy/charts/backend/Chart.yaml b/deploy/charts/backend-v2/Chart.yaml
similarity index 95%
rename from deploy/charts/backend/Chart.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/backend-v2/Chart.yaml
index da8e1b1a7..02ac9d56d 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/backend/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/backend-v2/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apiVersion: v2
-name: backend
+name: backend-v2
 description: kbind v2 backend — the optional provider-side service layer (gateway, issuer, reaper).
 type: application
 
diff --git a/deploy/charts/backend/files/crds/catalog.kbind.io_collections.yaml b/deploy/charts/backend-v2/files/crds/catalog.kbind.io_collections.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/backend/files/crds/catalog.kbind.io_collections.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/backend-v2/files/crds/catalog.kbind.io_collections.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/backend/files/crds/catalog.kbind.io_exports.yaml b/deploy/charts/backend-v2/files/crds/catalog.kbind.io_exports.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/backend/files/crds/catalog.kbind.io_exports.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/backend-v2/files/crds/catalog.kbind.io_exports.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/backend/files/crds/iam.kbind.io_grants.yaml b/deploy/charts/backend-v2/files/crds/iam.kbind.io_grants.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/backend/files/crds/iam.kbind.io_grants.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/backend-v2/files/crds/iam.kbind.io_grants.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/backend/templates/NOTES.txt b/deploy/charts/backend-v2/templates/NOTES.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/backend/templates/NOTES.txt
rename to deploy/charts/backend-v2/templates/NOTES.txt
diff --git a/deploy/charts/backend/templates/_helpers.tpl b/deploy/charts/backend-v2/templates/_helpers.tpl
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/backend/templates/_helpers.tpl
rename to deploy/charts/backend-v2/templates/_helpers.tpl
diff --git a/deploy/charts/backend/templates/clusterrole.yaml b/deploy/charts/backend-v2/templates/clusterrole.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/backend/templates/clusterrole.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/backend-v2/templates/clusterrole.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/backend/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml b/deploy/charts/backend-v2/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/backend/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/backend-v2/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/backend/templates/crds.yaml b/deploy/charts/backend-v2/templates/crds.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/backend/templates/crds.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/backend-v2/templates/crds.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/backend/templates/deployment.yaml b/deploy/charts/backend-v2/templates/deployment.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/backend/templates/deployment.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/backend-v2/templates/deployment.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/backend/templates/role.yaml b/deploy/charts/backend-v2/templates/role.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/backend/templates/role.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/backend-v2/templates/role.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/backend/templates/rolebinding.yaml b/deploy/charts/backend-v2/templates/rolebinding.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/backend/templates/rolebinding.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/backend-v2/templates/rolebinding.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/backend/templates/service.yaml b/deploy/charts/backend-v2/templates/service.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/backend/templates/service.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/backend-v2/templates/service.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/backend/templates/serviceaccount.yaml b/deploy/charts/backend-v2/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/backend/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/backend-v2/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/backend/values.yaml b/deploy/charts/backend-v2/values.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/backend/values.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/backend-v2/values.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/konnector/.helmignore b/deploy/charts/konnector-v2/.helmignore
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/konnector/.helmignore
rename to deploy/charts/konnector-v2/.helmignore
diff --git a/deploy/charts/konnector/Chart.yaml b/deploy/charts/konnector-v2/Chart.yaml
similarity index 94%
rename from deploy/charts/konnector/Chart.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/konnector-v2/Chart.yaml
index 99b54e3c7..15cf9bf7a 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/konnector/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/konnector-v2/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apiVersion: v2
-name: konnector
+name: konnector-v2
 description: kbind v2 slim-core konnector — the consumer-side sync engine.
 type: application
 
diff --git a/deploy/charts/konnector/files/crds/core.kbind.io_bindings.yaml b/deploy/charts/konnector-v2/files/crds/core.kbind.io_bindings.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/konnector/files/crds/core.kbind.io_bindings.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/konnector-v2/files/crds/core.kbind.io_bindings.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/konnector/files/crds/core.kbind.io_clusterbindings.yaml b/deploy/charts/konnector-v2/files/crds/core.kbind.io_clusterbindings.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/konnector/files/crds/core.kbind.io_clusterbindings.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/konnector-v2/files/crds/core.kbind.io_clusterbindings.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/konnector/files/crds/core.kbind.io_connections.yaml b/deploy/charts/konnector-v2/files/crds/core.kbind.io_connections.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/konnector/files/crds/core.kbind.io_connections.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/konnector-v2/files/crds/core.kbind.io_connections.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/konnector/templates/NOTES.txt b/deploy/charts/konnector-v2/templates/NOTES.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/konnector/templates/NOTES.txt
rename to deploy/charts/konnector-v2/templates/NOTES.txt
diff --git a/deploy/charts/konnector/templates/_helpers.tpl b/deploy/charts/konnector-v2/templates/_helpers.tpl
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/konnector/templates/_helpers.tpl
rename to deploy/charts/konnector-v2/templates/_helpers.tpl
diff --git a/deploy/charts/konnector/templates/clusterrole.yaml b/deploy/charts/konnector-v2/templates/clusterrole.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/konnector/templates/clusterrole.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/konnector-v2/templates/clusterrole.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/konnector/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml b/deploy/charts/konnector-v2/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/konnector/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/konnector-v2/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/konnector/templates/crds.yaml b/deploy/charts/konnector-v2/templates/crds.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/konnector/templates/crds.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/konnector-v2/templates/crds.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/konnector/templates/deployment.yaml b/deploy/charts/konnector-v2/templates/deployment.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/konnector/templates/deployment.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/konnector-v2/templates/deployment.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/konnector/templates/role.yaml b/deploy/charts/konnector-v2/templates/role.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/konnector/templates/role.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/konnector-v2/templates/role.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/konnector/templates/rolebinding.yaml b/deploy/charts/konnector-v2/templates/rolebinding.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/konnector/templates/rolebinding.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/konnector-v2/templates/rolebinding.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/konnector/templates/serviceaccount.yaml b/deploy/charts/konnector-v2/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/konnector/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/konnector-v2/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
diff --git a/deploy/charts/konnector/values.yaml b/deploy/charts/konnector-v2/values.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deploy/charts/konnector/values.yaml
rename to deploy/charts/konnector-v2/values.yaml
diff --git a/hack/e2e.sh b/hack/e2e.sh
index 3a8787314..3b64c6e5f 100755
--- a/hack/e2e.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ NO_BUILD=${NO_BUILD:-0}
 HERE="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 ROOT="$(cd "${HERE}/.." && pwd)"
 SAMPLES="${ROOT}/config/samples"
-CHART="${ROOT}/deploy/charts/konnector"
+CHART="${ROOT}/deploy/charts/konnector-v2"
 PROVIDER_KC="$(mktemp -t kbind-e2e-provider.XXXXXX)"
 CONSUMER_KC="$(mktemp -t kbind-e2e-consumer.XXXXXX)"
 # Kubeconfig reachable from inside the consumer cluster (server = provider node's