diff --git a/util/templates/utils.go b/util/templates/funcmap.go
similarity index 91%
rename from util/templates/utils.go
rename to util/templates/funcmap.go
index 429fdfc4b..d345e7ff2 100644
--- a/util/templates/utils.go
+++ b/util/templates/funcmap.go
@@ -78,9 +78,11 @@ func FuncMap(tmpl *template.Template) *template.Template {
 			}
 			return res
 		},
-		"urlEncode": url.QueryEscape,
-		"unquote":   unquote,
-		"quote":     yamlQuote,
+		"urlEncode":       url.QueryEscape,
+		"unquote":         unquote,
+		"quote":           yamlQuote,
+		"asDuration":      asDuration,
+		"durationSeconds": durationSeconds,
 	}
 
 	return tmpl.Funcs(sprig.FuncMap()).Funcs(funcMap)
diff --git a/util/templates/funcmap_duration.go b/util/templates/funcmap_duration.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de9cf82f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/templates/funcmap_duration.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package templates
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"reflect"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Duration helpers (numeric-only returns)
+// Source: https://github.com/Masterminds/sprig/pull/467
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// asDuration converts common template values into a time.Duration.
+//
+// Supported inputs:
+//   - time.Duration
+//   - string duration values parsed by time.ParseDuration (e.g. "1h2m3s")
+//   - numeric strings treated as seconds (e.g. "2.5")
+//   - ints and uints treated as seconds
+//   - floats treated as seconds
+func asDuration(v any) (time.Duration, error) {
+	switch x := v.(type) {
+	case time.Duration:
+		return x, nil
+
+	case string:
+		s := strings.TrimSpace(x)
+		if s == "" {
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("empty duration")
+		}
+		if d, err := time.ParseDuration(s); err == nil {
+			return d, nil
+		}
+		if f, err := strconv.ParseFloat(s, 64); err == nil {
+			return time.Duration(f * float64(time.Second)), nil
+		}
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("could not parse duration %q", x)
+
+	case nil:
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid duration")
+	}
+
+	rv := reflect.ValueOf(v)
+	switch rv.Kind() {
+	case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64:
+		return time.Duration(rv.Int()) * time.Second, nil
+	case reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64, reflect.Uintptr:
+		u := rv.Uint()
+		if u > uint64(math.MaxInt64) {
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("duration seconds overflow: %d", u)
+		}
+		return time.Duration(int64(u)) * time.Second, nil
+	case reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64:
+		return time.Duration(rv.Float() * float64(time.Second)), nil
+	default:
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("unsupported duration type %T", v)
+	}
+}
+
+// durationSeconds converts a duration to seconds (float64).
+// On error it returns 0.
+func durationSeconds(v any) float64 {
+	d, err := asDuration(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return d.Seconds()
+}
diff --git a/util/templates/utils_test.go b/util/templates/funcmap_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from util/templates/utils_test.go
rename to util/templates/funcmap_test.go