diff --git a/packages/rancher-alerting/rancher-alerting-drivers/charts/templates/validate-psp-install.yaml b/packages/rancher-alerting/rancher-alerting-drivers/charts/templates/validate-psp-install.yaml
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+#{{- if gt (len (lookup "rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1" "ClusterRole" "" "")) 0 -}}
+#{{- if .Values.global.cattle.psp.enabled }}
+#{{- if not (.Capabilities.APIVersions.Has "policy/v1beta1/PodSecurityPolicy") }}
+#{{- fail "The target cluster does not have the PodSecurityPolicy API resource. Please disable PSPs in this chart before proceeding." -}}
+#{{- end }}
+#{{- end }}
+#{{- end }}