diff --git a/charts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/CHANGELOG.md b/charts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/CHANGELOG.md
index 32843eff0..d779d40fe 100644
--- a/charts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/charts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 - Added VMAuth to k8s stack. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/helm-charts/issues/829)
 - Fixed ETCD dashboard
 - Use path prefix from args as a default path prefix for ingress. Related [issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/helm-charts/issues/1260)
+- Allow using vmalert without notifiers configuration. Note that it is required to use `.vmalert.spec.extraArgs["notifiers.blackhole"]: true` in order to start vmalert with a blackhole configuration.
 
 ## 0.25.16
 
diff --git a/charts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/Chart.yaml b/charts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/Chart.yaml
index ccd47be1b..8e0621037 100644
--- a/charts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: victoria-metrics-k8s-stack
 description: Kubernetes monitoring on VictoriaMetrics stack. Includes VictoriaMetrics Operator, Grafana dashboards, ServiceScrapes and VMRules
 type: application
-version: 0.25.16
+version: 0.25.17
 appVersion: v1.102.1
 sources:
   - https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/helm-charts
diff --git a/charts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/templates/_helpers.tpl
index f386f57fe..4429e725e 100644
--- a/charts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ If release name contains chart name it will be used as a full name.
     {{- $_ := set $vmAlertRemotes "notifiers" . }}
   {{- end }}
   {{- $spec := deepCopy (omit $Values.vmalert.spec "notifiers") | mergeOverwrite $vmAlertRemotes | mergeOverwrite $vmAlertTemplates | mergeOverwrite $spec }}
-  {{- if not (or (hasKey $spec "notifier") (hasKey $spec "notifiers") (hasKey $spec "notifierConfigRef")) }}
-    {{- fail "`notifier`, `notifiers` or `notifierConfigRef` should be set for vmalert"}}
+  {{- if not (or (hasKey $spec "notifier") (hasKey $spec "notifiers") (hasKey $spec "notifierConfigRef") (hasKey $spec.extraArgs "notifier.blackhole")) }}
+    {{- fail "Neither `notifier`, `notifiers` nor `notifierConfigRef` is set for vmalert. If it's intentionally please consider setting `.vmalert.spec.extraArgs.['notifier.blackhole']` to `'true'`"}}
   {{- end }}
   {{- tpl (deepCopy (omit $Values.vmalert.spec "notifiers") | mergeOverwrite $vmAlertRemotes | mergeOverwrite $vmAlertTemplates | mergeOverwrite $spec | toYaml) . -}}
 {{- end }}