diff --git a/charts/argocd-apps/Chart.yaml b/charts/argocd-apps/Chart.yaml
index 397e9db6..f6cc3443 100644
--- a/charts/argocd-apps/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/argocd-apps/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: argocd-apps
 description: A Helm chart for managing additional Argo CD Applications and Projects
 type: application
-version: 2.0.0
+version: 2.0.1
 home: https://github.com/argoproj/argo-helm
 icon: https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/assets/logo.png
 keywords:
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ annotations:
     fingerprint: 2B8F22F57260EFA67BE1C5824B11F800CD9D2252
     url: https://argoproj.github.io/argo-helm/pgp_keys.asc
   artifacthub.io/changes: |
-    - kind: added
-      description: make the chart use maps instead of lists
+    - kind: fixed
+      description: not rendering empty app description
diff --git a/charts/argocd-apps/templates/projects.yaml b/charts/argocd-apps/templates/projects.yaml
index 34a865ea..d6032636 100644
--- a/charts/argocd-apps/templates/projects.yaml
+++ b/charts/argocd-apps/templates/projects.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ spec:
   {{- with $projectData.permitOnlyProjectScopedClusters }}
   permitOnlyProjectScopedClusters: {{ . }}
   {{- end }}
-  description: {{ $projectData.description }}
+  {{- with $projectData.description }}
+  description: {{ . }}
+  {{- end }}
   {{- with $projectData.sourceRepos }}
   sourceRepos:
     {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}