diff --git a/.github/workflows/charts-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/charts-release.yaml
index 85cc65a2a70..999fb555903 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/charts-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/charts-release.yaml
@@ -272,6 +272,21 @@ jobs:
           git config user.name "TrueCharts-Bot"
           git config user.email "bot@truecharts.org"
 
+      # Optional step if GPG signing is used
+      - name: Prepare GPG key
+        run: |
+          gpg_dir=.cr-gpg
+          mkdir "$gpg_dir"
+          keyring="$gpg_dir/secring.gpg"
+          base64 -d <<< "$GPG_KEYRING_BASE64" > "$keyring"
+          passphrase_file="$gpg_dir/passphrase"
+          echo "$GPG_PASSPHRASE" > "$passphrase_file"
+          echo "CR_PASSPHRASE_FILE=$passphrase_file" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "CR_KEYRING=$keyring" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        env:
+          GPG_KEYRING_BASE64: "${{ secrets.GPG_KEYRING_BASE64 }}"
+          GPG_PASSPHRASE: "${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}"
+  
       - name: Run chart-releaser for dependency apps
         uses: helm/chart-releaser-action@be16258da8010256c6e82849661221415f031968 # v1.5.0
         if: |
@@ -279,6 +294,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           charts_dir: charts/dependency
           charts_repo_url: https://deps.truecharts.org
+          config: cr.yaml
         env:
           CR_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.BOT_TOKEN }}"
           CR_SKIP_EXISTING: "true"