diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl
index bb3ac40a3..3d9621aba 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Return the appropriate apiVersion for podSecurityPolicy.
 Check the ingress controller version tag is at most three versions behind the last release
 */}}
 {{- define "isControllerTagValid" -}}
-{{- if not (semverCompare ">=0.27.0" .Values.controller.image.tag) -}}
+{{- if not (semverCompare ">=0.27.0-0" .Values.controller.image.tag) -}}
 {{- fail "Controller container image tag should be 0.27.0 or higher" -}}
 {{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}