diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/362-helm-has_plugin-fix.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/362-helm-has_plugin-fix.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1794f220
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/362-helm-has_plugin-fix.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - helm - make helm-diff plugin detection more reliable by splitting by any whitespace instead of explicit whitespace (``\s``) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.kubernetes/pull/362).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/helm.py b/plugins/modules/helm.py
index e712227a..2a93a2ed 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/helm.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/helm.py
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ def has_plugin(command, plugin):
     for line in out.splitlines():
         if line.startswith("NAME"):
             continue
-        name, _rest = line.split("\t", 1)
+        name, _rest = line.split(None, 1)
         if name == plugin:
             return True
     return False