diff --git a/.github/helm-docs.sh b/.github/helm-docs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a8b2bbe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/helm-docs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPTPATH=$(dirname "$0")
+HELM_DOCS_VERSION="1.11.0"
+
+function install_helm_docs {
+  case "$(uname -s)" in
+    Linux*)
+      machine=Linux
+      shasum=sha256sum
+      ;;
+    Darwin*)
+      machine=Darwin
+      shasum=shasum
+      ;;
+    esac
+
+    curl -LO https://github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs/releases/download/v"${HELM_DOCS_VERSION}"/helm-docs_"${HELM_DOCS_VERSION}"_${machine}_x86_64.tar.gz
+    curl -L --output /tmp/checksums_helm-docs.txt https://github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs/releases/download/v${HELM_DOCS_VERSION}/checksums.txt
+    grep helm-docs_${HELM_DOCS_VERSION}_${machine}_x86_64.tar.gz /tmp/checksums_helm-docs.txt | $shasum -c -
+    mkdir -p "$SCRIPTPATH/bin"
+    tar -xf helm-docs_"${HELM_DOCS_VERSION}"_${machine}_x86_64.tar.gz helm-docs
+    mv helm-docs "$SCRIPTPATH/bin/"
+    rm helm-docs_"${HELM_DOCS_VERSION}"_${machine}_x86_64.tar.gz
+}
+
+if [ ! -f "$SCRIPTPATH/bin/helm-docs" ] ; then
+  install_helm_docs
+elif [[ ! "$("$SCRIPTPATH/bin/helm-docs" --version)" =~ .*"$HELM_DOCS_VERSION".* ]] ; then
+  install_helm_docs
+else
+  echo "Using '$("$SCRIPTPATH/bin/helm-docs" --version)'"
+fi
+
+# validate docs
+"$SCRIPTPATH/bin/helm-docs" -t "$SCRIPTPATH/README.md.tmpl" -g $1
+git diff --exit-code
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 80cffe39..6d7dd952 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - ".github/workflows/test.yml"
+      - ".github/helm-docs.sh"
       - "charts/**"
 
 jobs:
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [build-matrix]
 
     strategy:
-      fail-fast: true
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         chart: ${{ fromJson(needs.build-matrix.outputs.charts) }}
 
@@ -56,6 +57,10 @@ jobs:
           git diff --exit-code
         working-directory: ${{ matrix.chart }}
 
+      - name: Check docs updated
+        run: ../../.github/helm-docs.sh .
+        working-directory: ${{ matrix.chart }}
+
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c81f8645..e9b8ff01 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ charts/*/Chart.lock
 
 # Vim swap files
 *.swp
+
+.github/bin
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 42fb98d1..f89531a9 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -57,5 +57,11 @@ Any changes to Chart.yaml or values.yaml require an update of the README.md. Thi
 helm-docs -g charts/«chart-name»
 ```
 
+or
+
+```shell
+.github/helm-docs.sh charts/«chart-name»
+```
+
 [crane]: https://github.com/google/go-containerregistry/blob/main/cmd/crane/doc/crane.md "Crane is a tool for managing container images"
 [helm-docs]: https://github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs "The helm-docs tool auto-generates documentation from helm charts into markdown files."