diff --git a/charts/kyverno/Chart.yaml b/charts/kyverno/Chart.yaml
index 2ec87f0ea0..76ccea3d92 100644
--- a/charts/kyverno/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/kyverno/Chart.yaml
@@ -30,3 +30,5 @@ annotations:
       description: Support for artifacthub.io/changes annotation
     - kind: added
       description: Allow defining imagePullSecrets
+    - kind: fixed
+      description: Replica count handling
diff --git a/charts/kyverno/templates/NOTES.txt b/charts/kyverno/templates/NOTES.txt
index aec28a6cf8..3f3ff67864 100644
--- a/charts/kyverno/templates/NOTES.txt
+++ b/charts/kyverno/templates/NOTES.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Thank you for installing {{ .Chart.Name }}! Your release is named {{ .Release.Na
 
 {{- if not .Values.replicaCount }}
 ⚠️  WARNING: Setting replicas count below 3 means Kyverno is not running in high availability mode.
-{{- else if lt .Values.replicaCount 3 }}
+{{- else if lt (int .Values.replicaCount) 3 }}
 ⚠️  WARNING: Setting replicas count below 3 means Kyverno is not running in high availability mode.
 {{- end }}
 
diff --git a/charts/kyverno/templates/validate.yaml b/charts/kyverno/templates/validate.yaml
index 9d01f729cb..45c03e73a0 100644
--- a/charts/kyverno/templates/validate.yaml
+++ b/charts/kyverno/templates/validate.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 {{- end }}
 
 {{- if .Values.replicaCount }}
-  {{- if eq .Values.replicaCount 2 }}
+  {{- if eq (int .Values.replicaCount) 2 }}
     {{ fail "Kyverno does not support running with 2 replicas. For a highly-available deployment, select 3 replicas or for standalone select 1 replica." }}
   {{- end }}
 {{- end }}