diff --git a/charts/karpenter-crd/artifacthub-repo.yaml b/charts/karpenter-crd/artifacthub-repo.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/charts/karpenter/artifacthub-repo.yaml b/charts/karpenter/artifacthub-repo.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/hack/release/common.sh b/hack/release/common.sh
index 4ee3a6d9d594..9642d05b1378 100644
--- a/hack/release/common.sh
+++ b/hack/release/common.sh
@@ -127,8 +127,10 @@ publishHelmChart() {
     RELEASE_REPO=$3
     HELM_CHART_VERSION=$(helmChartVersion "$RELEASE_VERSION")
     HELM_CHART_FILE_NAME="${CHART_NAME}-${HELM_CHART_VERSION}.tgz"
+    AH_CONFIG_FILE_NAME="${CHART_NAME}/artifacthub-repo.yaml"
 
     cd charts
+    [[ -s "${AH_CONFIG_FILE_NAME}" ]] && oras push "${RELEASE_REPO}:artifacthub.io" --config /dev/null:application/vnd.cncf.artifacthub.config.v1+yaml "${AH_CONFIG_FILE_NAME}:application/vnd.cncf.artifacthub.repository-metadata.layer.v1.yaml"
     helm dependency update "${CHART_NAME}"
     helm lint "${CHART_NAME}"
     helm package "${CHART_NAME}" --version "$HELM_CHART_VERSION"
diff --git a/hack/toolchain.sh b/hack/toolchain.sh
index af85963a97ff..21c369f92856 100755
--- a/hack/toolchain.sh
+++ b/hack/toolchain.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ tools() {
     go install github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo@latest
     go install github.com/rhysd/actionlint/cmd/actionlint@latest
     go install github.com/mattn/goveralls@latest
+    go install oras.land/oras/cmd/oras@latest
 
     if ! echo "$PATH" | grep -q "${GOPATH:-undefined}/bin\|$HOME/go/bin"; then
         echo "Go workspace's \"bin\" directory is not in PATH. Run 'export PATH=\"\$PATH:\${GOPATH:-\$HOME/go}/bin\"'."