diff --git a/fullstack-examples/build.gradle.kts b/fullstack-examples/build.gradle.kts
index 520a32d60..8149a3c2c 100644
--- a/fullstack-examples/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/fullstack-examples/build.gradle.kts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import com.hedera.fullstack.gradle.plugin.HelmInstallChartTask
 import com.hedera.fullstack.gradle.plugin.HelmReleaseExistsTask
+import com.hedera.fullstack.gradle.plugin.HelmTestChartTask
 import com.hedera.fullstack.gradle.plugin.HelmUninstallChartTask
 
 plugins {
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@ tasks.register<HelmInstallChartTask>("helmInstallNginxChart") {
     namespace.set("nginx-ns")
     release.set("nginx-release")
     chart.set("oci://ghcr.io/nginxinc/charts/nginx-ingress")
-    skipIfExists.set(true)
 }
 
 tasks.register<HelmUninstallChartTask>("helmUninstallNginxChart") {
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ tasks.register<HelmReleaseExistsTask>("helmNginxExists") {
     release.set("nginx-release")
 }
 
+tasks.register<HelmTestChartTask>("helmTestNginxChart") {
+    namespace.set("nginx-ns")
+    release.set("nginx-release")
+}
+
 // This task will succeed because it only uninstalls if the release exists
 tasks.register<HelmUninstallChartTask>("helmUninstallNotAChart") {
     release.set("not-a-release")
@@ -69,6 +74,7 @@ tasks.register<HelmUninstallChartTask>("helmUninstallNotAChart") {
 tasks.check {
     dependsOn("helmInstallNginxChart")
     dependsOn("helmNginxExists")
+    dependsOn("helmTestNginxChart")
     dependsOn("helmUninstallNginxChart")
     dependsOn("helmUninstallNotAChart")
 }
diff --git a/fullstack-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/com/hedera/fullstack/gradle/plugin/HelmTestChartTask.java b/fullstack-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/com/hedera/fullstack/gradle/plugin/HelmTestChartTask.java
index ea7c4966b..512b93b27 100644
--- a/fullstack-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/com/hedera/fullstack/gradle/plugin/HelmTestChartTask.java
+++ b/fullstack-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/com/hedera/fullstack/gradle/plugin/HelmTestChartTask.java
@@ -64,9 +64,7 @@ void testChart() {
         try {
             final String releaseName = getRelease().getOrNull();
             Objects.requireNonNull(releaseName, "release name must be specified");
-            helmClient.testChart(
-                    releaseName,
-                    optionsBuilder.build());
+            helmClient.testChart(releaseName, optionsBuilder.build());
         } catch (Exception e) {
             this.getProject()
                     .getLogger()
diff --git a/fullstack-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/com/hedera/fullstack/gradle/plugin/HelmInstallChartTaskTest.java b/fullstack-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/com/hedera/fullstack/gradle/plugin/HelmInstallChartTaskTest.java
index 22688caa1..f5112c6c9 100644
--- a/fullstack-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/com/hedera/fullstack/gradle/plugin/HelmInstallChartTaskTest.java
+++ b/fullstack-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/com/hedera/fullstack/gradle/plugin/HelmInstallChartTaskTest.java
@@ -110,6 +110,14 @@ void testHelmInstallChartTaskSimple() {
                         task.getRelease().set(RELEASE_NAME);
                     });
             helmReleaseExistsTask.releaseExists();
+            HelmTestChartTask helmTestChartTask = project.getTasks()
+                    .create("helmTestChartTask", HelmTestChartTask.class, task -> {
+                        task.getNamespace().set(namespace);
+                        task.getRelease().set(RELEASE_NAME);
+                        task.getFilter().set("test");
+                        task.getTestTimeout().set("15m");
+                    });
+            helmTestChartTask.testChart();
             HelmUninstallChartTask helmUninstallChartTask = project.getTasks()
                     .create("helmUninstallChart", HelmUninstallChartTask.class, task -> {
                         task.getNamespace().set(namespace);
diff --git a/fullstack-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/com/hedera/fullstack/gradle/plugin/HelmTestChartTaskTest.java b/fullstack-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/com/hedera/fullstack/gradle/plugin/HelmTestChartTaskTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e25bfbd33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fullstack-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/com/hedera/fullstack/gradle/plugin/HelmTestChartTaskTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 Hedera Hashgraph, LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.hedera.fullstack.gradle.plugin;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.AssertionsForClassTypes.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+
+import org.gradle.api.Project;
+import org.gradle.testfixtures.ProjectBuilder;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class HelmTestChartTaskTest {
+    private static Project project;
+
+    @BeforeAll
+    static void beforeAll() {
+        project = ProjectBuilder.builder().build();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("test an error is thrown when the release is not found")
+    void testErrorThrownWhenReleaseNotFound() {
+        NullPointerException e = assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> {
+            HelmTestChartTask helmTestChartTask = project.getTasks()
+                    .create("helmTestChartTaskNonExistingRelease", HelmTestChartTask.class, task -> {});
+            helmTestChartTask.testChart();
+        });
+        assertThat(e.getMessage()).isEqualTo("release name must be specified");
+    }
+}