diff --git a/pkg/charts/dependencies.go b/pkg/charts/dependencies.go
index cec99963..7fdafa35 100644
--- a/pkg/charts/dependencies.go
+++ b/pkg/charts/dependencies.go
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func UpdateHelmMetadataWithDependencies(fs billy.Filesystem, mainHelmChartPath s
 	if !exists {
 		file, err = filesystem.CreateFileAndDirs(fs, path)
 	} else {
-		file, err = fs.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDWR, os.ModePerm)
+		file, err = fs.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, os.ModePerm)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/filesystem/filesystem.go b/pkg/filesystem/filesystem.go
index 5dff68f0..8b05dae2 100644
--- a/pkg/filesystem/filesystem.go
+++ b/pkg/filesystem/filesystem.go
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func CopyFile(fs billy.Filesystem, srcPath string, dstPath string) error {
 	if !dstExists {
 		dstFile, err = CreateFileAndDirs(fs, dstPath)
 	} else {
-		dstFile, err = fs.OpenFile(dstPath, os.O_WRONLY, os.ModePerm)
+		dstFile, err = fs.OpenFile(dstPath, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, os.ModePerm)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func UnarchiveTgz(fs billy.Filesystem, tgzPath, tgzSubdirectory, destPath string
 		}
 	}
 	// Check if you can open the tgzPath as a tar file
-	tgz, err := fs.OpenFile(tgzPath, os.O_RDWR, os.ModePerm)
+	tgz, err := fs.OpenFile(tgzPath, os.O_RDONLY, os.ModePerm)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/helm/metadata.go b/pkg/helm/metadata.go
index 2d9320b0..e2a5c82d 100644
--- a/pkg/helm/metadata.go
+++ b/pkg/helm/metadata.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func UpdateHelmMetadataWithName(fs billy.Filesystem, mainHelmChartPath string, n
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	file, err := fs.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDWR, os.ModePerm)
+	file, err := fs.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, os.ModePerm)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func TrimRCVersionFromHelmChart(fs billy.Filesystem, mainHelmChartPath string) e
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	file, err := fs.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDWR, os.ModePerm)
+	file, err := fs.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, os.ModePerm)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/options/chart.go b/pkg/options/chart.go
index eaf55090..0be6af16 100644
--- a/pkg/options/chart.go
+++ b/pkg/options/chart.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (c ChartOptions) WriteToFile(fs billy.Filesystem, path string) error {
 	if !exists {
 		file, err = filesystem.CreateFileAndDirs(fs, path)
 	} else {
-		file, err = fs.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDWR, os.ModePerm)
+		file, err = fs.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, os.ModePerm)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/options/package.go b/pkg/options/package.go
index cd38f6fe..290f2fae 100644
--- a/pkg/options/package.go
+++ b/pkg/options/package.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (p PackageOptions) WriteToFile(fs billy.Filesystem, path string) error {
 	if !exists {
 		file, err = filesystem.CreateFileAndDirs(fs, path)
 	} else {
-		file, err = fs.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDWR, os.ModePerm)
+		file, err = fs.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, os.ModePerm)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return err