diff --git a/internal/resolver/resolver.go b/internal/resolver/resolver.go
index 7fc27acac89..634b351a6e5 100644
--- a/internal/resolver/resolver.go
+++ b/internal/resolver/resolver.go
@@ -39,15 +39,17 @@ const FeatureGateOCI = gates.Gate("HELM_EXPERIMENTAL_OCI")
 
 // Resolver resolves dependencies from semantic version ranges to a particular version.
 type Resolver struct {
-	chartpath string
-	cachepath string
+	chartpath      string
+	cachepath      string
+	registryClient *registry.Client
 }
 
-// New creates a new resolver for a given chart and a given helm home.
-func New(chartpath, cachepath string) *Resolver {
+// New creates a new resolver for a given chart, helm home and registry client.
+func New(chartpath, cachepath string, registryClient *registry.Client) *Resolver {
 	return &Resolver{
-		chartpath: chartpath,
-		cachepath: cachepath,
+		chartpath:      chartpath,
+		cachepath:      cachepath,
+		registryClient: registryClient,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/resolver/resolver_test.go b/internal/resolver/resolver_test.go
index 419f8f316f8..6fbc2e86af2 100644
--- a/internal/resolver/resolver_test.go
+++ b/internal/resolver/resolver_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 
+	"helm.sh/helm/v3/internal/experimental/registry"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/chart"
 )
 
@@ -139,7 +140,8 @@ func TestResolve(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	repoNames := map[string]string{"alpine": "kubernetes-charts", "redis": "kubernetes-charts"}
-	r := New("testdata/chartpath", "testdata/repository")
+	registryClient, _ := registry.NewClient()
+	r := New("testdata/chartpath", "testdata/repository", registryClient)
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			l, err := r.Resolve(tt.req, repoNames)
diff --git a/pkg/downloader/manager.go b/pkg/downloader/manager.go
index 8fd17fa1434..74286b3fdfd 100644
--- a/pkg/downloader/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/downloader/manager.go
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ func (m *Manager) loadChartDir() (*chart.Chart, error) {
 //
 // This returns a lock file, which has all of the dependencies normalized to a specific version.
 func (m *Manager) resolve(req []*chart.Dependency, repoNames map[string]string) (*chart.Lock, error) {
-	res := resolver.New(m.ChartPath, m.RepositoryCache)
+	res := resolver.New(m.ChartPath, m.RepositoryCache, m.RegistryClient)
 	// NOTE: When OCI dependencies specify a semver range in Version,
 	// (*Resolver).Resolve must somehow get the list of OCI tag versions
 	// available to check against this constraint. However for backward