diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
index 56a3d9d63..3d79df2e8 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
@@ -509,6 +509,39 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("haproxy-binary"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "helm/4.1.4/linux-s390x",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "helm",
+				Version:   "4.1.4",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:golang/helm.sh/helm@4.1.4",
+				Locations: locations("helm"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("helm"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "helm/3.15.2/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "helm",
+				Version:   "3.15.2",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:golang/helm.sh/helm@3.15.2",
+				Locations: locations("helm"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("helm"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "helm/3.12.0/linux-s390x",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "helm",
+				Version:   "3.12.0",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:golang/helm.sh/helm@3.12.0",
+				Locations: locations("helm"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("helm"),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			logicalFixture: "helm/3.11.1/linux-amd64",
 			expected: pkg.Package{
@@ -520,6 +553,39 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("helm"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "helm/3.0.0-alpha.1/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "helm",
+				Version:   "3.0.0-alpha.1",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:golang/helm.sh/helm@3.0.0-alpha.1",
+				Locations: locations("helm"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("helm"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "helm/2.17.0-rc.1/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "helm",
+				Version:   "2.17.0-rc.1",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:golang/helm.sh/helm@2.17.0-rc.1",
+				Locations: locations("helm"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("helm"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "helm/2.0.0-beta.2/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "helm",
+				Version:   "2.0.0-beta.2",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:golang/helm.sh/helm@2.0.0-beta.2",
+				Locations: locations("helm"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("helm"),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			logicalFixture: "helm/3.10.3/linux-amd64",
 			expected: pkg.Package{
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
index d76eca517..ff6b72504 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
@@ -132,8 +132,17 @@ func DefaultClassifiers() []binutils.Classifier {
 		{
 			Class:    "helm",
 			FileGlob: "**/helm",
-			EvidenceMatcher: m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(
-				`(?m)\x00v(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\x00`),
+			EvidenceMatcher: binutils.MatchAny(
+				// [NUL]v1.21.2[NUL].......[NUL][NUL]v4.1.4[NUL][NUL][NUL]
+				// [NUL]v2.0.0-beta.2[NUL][NUL][NUL]
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`\x00v(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha\.[0-9]|-beta\.[0-9]|-rc\.[0-9])?)\x00{2,}`),
+				// [NUK]'[DLE]v3.12.0[NUL][NUL]...go1.20.3[NUL][NUL]
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`v(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha\.[0-9]|-beta\.[0-9]|-rc\.[0-9])?)\x00+.{1,500}go[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\x00+`),
+				// [NUL]v3.11.1[NUL]�[NUL]
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`\x00v(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha\.[0-9]|-beta\.[0-9]|-rc\.[0-9])?)\x00`),
+				// [NUL]@�@v3.15.2[NUL][NUL]
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`@v(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha\.[0-9]|-beta\.[0-9]|-rc\.[0-9])?)\x00`),
+			),
 			Package: "helm",
 			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:golang/helm.sh/helm@version"),
 			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:helm:helm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/helm/2.0.0-beta.2/linux-amd64/helm b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/helm/2.0.0-beta.2/linux-amd64/helm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82c54f145
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diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/helm/2.17.0-rc.1/linux-amd64/helm b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/helm/2.17.0-rc.1/linux-amd64/helm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..445c77baf
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diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/helm/3.0.0-alpha.1/linux-amd64/helm b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/helm/3.0.0-alpha.1/linux-amd64/helm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78abc91a2
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diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/helm/3.12.0/linux-unknown-454d5f53333930/helm b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/helm/3.12.0/linux-unknown-454d5f53333930/helm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27a361648
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diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/helm/3.15.2/linux-amd64/helm b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/helm/3.15.2/linux-amd64/helm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc5d31559
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diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/helm/4.1.4/linux-unknown-454d5f53333930/helm b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/helm/4.1.4/linux-unknown-454d5f53333930/helm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df4bd3c25
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diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/config.yaml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/config.yaml
index 4f933c25c..e1603524b 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/config.yaml
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/config.yaml
@@ -868,6 +868,27 @@ from-images:
       - /usr/local/lib/libruby.so.2.6.10
       - /usr/local/lib/libruby.so.2.6
 
+  - version: 4.1.4
+    images:
+      - ref: alpine/helm:4.1.4@sha256:d69c97f71f38128c3ed4b8bcd70b4de65efad9e09494c85d158661e7ffd8b719
+        platform: linux/s390x
+    paths:
+      - /usr/bin/helm
+
+  - version: 3.15.2
+    images:
+      - ref: alpine/helm:3.15.2@sha256:61185768b41810085cb57a9bc8de9003bea78ac0dd417e5b0b16223a6a0aa812
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/bin/helm
+
+  - version: 3.12.0
+    images:
+      - ref: alpine/helm:3.12.0@sha256:6f6e18df0710af82188ab8b27d3890b6d519c501c0982f3a76f3fdbff39ff3c7
+        platform: linux/s390x
+    paths:
+      - /usr/bin/helm
+
   - version: 3.11.1
     images:
       - ref: alpine/helm:3.11.1@sha256:8628e3695fb743a8b9de89626f1b7a221280c2152c0e288c2504e59b68233e8b
@@ -882,6 +903,27 @@ from-images:
     paths:
       - /usr/local/bin/helm
 
+  - version: 3.0.0-alpha.1
+    images:
+      - ref: alpine/helm:3.0.0-alpha.1@sha256:95bd39add326ac58a333815666aace6d4a28606a79eef96d4e44287b11540b69
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/bin/helm
+
+  - version: 2.17.0-rc.1
+    images:
+      - ref: alpine/helm:2.17.0-rc.1@sha256:3938b9f291794fe88489dae2a87e0ad9d634464c686186d4a3ca33beef84278d
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/bin/helm
+
+  - version: 2.0.0-beta.2
+    images:
+      - ref: alpine/helm:2.0.0-beta.2@sha256:97d97b27a723b28c459d6c92e7b0591c553e88e483a248235fbdaa4dacb2e6d5
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/bin/helm
+
   - version: 1.15.2
     images:
       - ref: hashicorp/consul:1.15.2@sha256:c2169f3bb18dd947ae8eb5f6766896695c71fb439f050a3343e0007d895615b8