diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/20251224-take-ownership-helm-initialization.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/20251224-take-ownership-helm-initialization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df290668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/20251224-take-ownership-helm-initialization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - Helm - Allow taking ownership of existing Kubernetes resources on the first installation of a Helm release. Previously, the ``take_ownership`` parameter was always disabled during the initial install, preventing resource adoption (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1034).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/helm.py b/plugins/modules/helm.py
index c81bc6a8..e3e02559 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/helm.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/helm.py
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ options:
     version_added: 6.1.0
   take_ownership:
     description:
-      - When upgrading, Helm will ignore the check for helm annotations and take ownership of the existing resources
+      - Helm will ignore the check for helm annotations and take ownership of the existing resources
       - This feature requires helm >= 3.17.0
     type: bool
     default: False
@@ -1092,6 +1092,7 @@ def main():
                 reset_then_reuse_values=reset_then_reuse_values,
                 insecure_skip_tls_verify=insecure_skip_tls_verify,
                 plain_http=plain_http,
+                take_ownership=take_ownership,
                 skip_schema_validation=skip_schema_validation,
             )
             changed = True