diff --git a/internal/assets/manifests/istio-discovery/templates/autoscale.yaml b/internal/assets/manifests/istio-discovery/templates/autoscale.yaml
index d3257c8a9..d262800e0 100644
--- a/internal/assets/manifests/istio-discovery/templates/autoscale.yaml
+++ b/internal/assets/manifests/istio-discovery/templates/autoscale.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {{- if and (eq .Values.global.mode "ACTIVE") .Values.pilot.autoscaleEnabled .Values.pilot.autoscaleMin .Values.pilot.autoscaleMax }}
-apiVersion: autoscaling/v2
+apiVersion: {{ ternary "autoscaling/v2" "autoscaling/v2beta2" (.Capabilities.APIVersions.Has "autoscaling/v2") }}
 kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
 metadata:
   name: {{ include "name-with-revision" ( dict "name" "istiod" "context" $) }}
diff --git a/internal/assets/manifests/istio-meshgateway/templates/autoscale.yaml b/internal/assets/manifests/istio-meshgateway/templates/autoscale.yaml
index 49e6493c6..ada47d32f 100644
--- a/internal/assets/manifests/istio-meshgateway/templates/autoscale.yaml
+++ b/internal/assets/manifests/istio-meshgateway/templates/autoscale.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {{ $gateway := .Values.deployment }}
 {{- if and $gateway.autoscaleEnabled $gateway.autoscaleMin $gateway.autoscaleMax }}
-apiVersion: autoscaling/v2
+apiVersion: {{ ternary "autoscaling/v2" "autoscaling/v2beta2" (.Capabilities.APIVersions.Has "autoscaling/v2") }}
 kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
 metadata:
   name: {{ $gateway.name }}
diff --git a/internal/assets/manifests/istio-sidecar-injector/templates/autoscale.yaml b/internal/assets/manifests/istio-sidecar-injector/templates/autoscale.yaml
index 5f6228cdf..6cb103e23 100644
--- a/internal/assets/manifests/istio-sidecar-injector/templates/autoscale.yaml
+++ b/internal/assets/manifests/istio-sidecar-injector/templates/autoscale.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {{- if and .Values.deployment.autoscaleEnabled .Values.deployment.autoscaleMin .Values.deployment.autoscaleMax }}
-apiVersion: autoscaling/v2
+apiVersion: {{ ternary "autoscaling/v2" "autoscaling/v2beta2" (.Capabilities.APIVersions.Has "autoscaling/v2") }}
 kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
 metadata:
   name: {{ include "name-with-revision" ( dict "name" "istio-sidecar-injector" "context" $) }}