diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaleup/orchestrator/orchestrator_test.go b/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaleup/orchestrator/orchestrator_test.go
index d64d61c2df8d..2b41e9e9f378 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaleup/orchestrator/orchestrator_test.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaleup/orchestrator/orchestrator_test.go
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ func runSimpleScaleUpTest(t *testing.T, config *ScaleUpTestConfig) *ScaleUpTestR
 	}
 	orchestrator := New()
 	orchestrator.Initialize(&context, processors, clusterState, newEstimatorBuilder(), taints.TaintConfig{})
-	expander := NewMockRepotingStrategy(t, config.ExpansionOptionToChoose)
+	expander := NewMockReportingStrategy(t, config.ExpansionOptionToChoose, nil)
 	context.ExpanderStrategy = expander
 
 	// scale up
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ func TestBinpackingLimiter(t *testing.T) {
 	suOrchestrator := New()
 	suOrchestrator.Initialize(&context, processors, clusterState, newEstimatorBuilder(), taints.TaintConfig{})
 
-	expander := NewMockRepotingStrategy(t, nil)
+	expander := NewMockReportingStrategy(t, nil, nil)
 	context.ExpanderStrategy = expander
 
 	scaleUpStatus, err := suOrchestrator.ScaleUp([]*apiv1.Pod{extraPod}, nodes, []*appsv1.DaemonSet{}, nodeInfos, false)
@@ -1502,6 +1502,88 @@ func TestScaleUpBalanceGroups(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 2, ng3size)
 }
 
+func TestScaleUpBalanceGroupsRecomputesSimilarNodeGroups(t *testing.T) {
+	provider := testprovider.NewTestCloudProvider(func(string, int) error {
+		return nil
+	}, nil)
+
+	type ngInfo struct {
+		min, max, size int
+	}
+	testCfg := map[string]ngInfo{
+		"ng1": {min: 1, max: 1, size: 1},
+		"ng2": {min: 1, max: 2, size: 1},
+		"ng3": {min: 1, max: 5, size: 1},
+		"ng4": {min: 1, max: 5, size: 3},
+	}
+	podList := make([]*apiv1.Pod, 0, len(testCfg))
+	nodes := make([]*apiv1.Node, 0)
+
+	now := time.Now()
+
+	for gid, gconf := range testCfg {
+		provider.AddNodeGroup(gid, gconf.min, gconf.max, gconf.size)
+		for i := 0; i < gconf.size; i++ {
+			nodeName := fmt.Sprintf("%v-node-%v", gid, i)
+			node := BuildTestNode(nodeName, 100, 1000)
+			SetNodeReadyState(node, true, now.Add(-2*time.Minute))
+			nodes = append(nodes, node)
+
+			pod := BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("%v-pod-%v", gid, i), 80, 0)
+			pod.Spec.NodeName = nodeName
+			podList = append(podList, pod)
+
+			provider.AddNode(gid, node)
+		}
+	}
+
+	podLister := kube_util.NewTestPodLister(podList)
+	listers := kube_util.NewListerRegistry(nil, nil, podLister, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+
+	options := config.AutoscalingOptions{
+		EstimatorName:            estimator.BinpackingEstimatorName,
+		BalanceSimilarNodeGroups: true,
+		MaxCoresTotal:            config.DefaultMaxClusterCores,
+		MaxMemoryTotal:           config.DefaultMaxClusterMemory,
+	}
+	context, err := NewScaleTestAutoscalingContext(options, &fake.Clientset{}, listers, provider, nil, nil)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	nodeInfos, _ := nodeinfosprovider.NewDefaultTemplateNodeInfoProvider(nil, false).Process(&context, nodes, []*appsv1.DaemonSet{}, taints.TaintConfig{}, now)
+	clusterState := clusterstate.NewClusterStateRegistry(provider, clusterstate.ClusterStateRegistryConfig{}, context.LogRecorder, NewBackoff(), nodegroupconfig.NewDefaultNodeGroupConfigProcessor(config.NodeGroupAutoscalingOptions{MaxNodeProvisionTime: 15 * time.Minute}), asyncnodegroups.NewDefaultAsyncNodeGroupStateChecker())
+	clusterState.UpdateNodes(nodes, nodeInfos, time.Now())
+
+	pods := make([]*apiv1.Pod, 0)
+	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
+		pods = append(pods, BuildTestPod(fmt.Sprintf("test-pod-%v", i), 80, 0))
+	}
+
+	processors := NewTestProcessors(&context)
+
+	// this will set the similar node groups to empty, it should be recomputed during scaleup
+	emptySimilarNodeGroups := []string{}
+	expander := NewMockReportingStrategy(t, &GroupSizeChange{GroupName: "ng2", SizeChange: 2}, &emptySimilarNodeGroups)
+	context.ExpanderStrategy = expander
+
+	suOrchestrator := New()
+	suOrchestrator.Initialize(&context, processors, clusterState, newEstimatorBuilder(), taints.TaintConfig{})
+	scaleUpStatus, typedErr := suOrchestrator.ScaleUp(pods, nodes, []*appsv1.DaemonSet{}, nodeInfos, false)
+
+	assert.NoError(t, typedErr)
+	assert.True(t, scaleUpStatus.WasSuccessful())
+	groupMap := make(map[string]cloudprovider.NodeGroup, 3)
+	for _, group := range provider.NodeGroups() {
+		groupMap[group.Id()] = group
+	}
+
+	ng2size, err := groupMap["ng2"].TargetSize()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	ng3size, err := groupMap["ng3"].TargetSize()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, ng2size)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, ng3size)
+}
+
 func TestScaleUpAutoprovisionedNodeGroup(t *testing.T) {
 	createdGroups := make(chan string, 10)
 	expandedGroups := make(chan string, 10)
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/core/test/common.go b/cluster-autoscaler/core/test/common.go
index 5eb7cd20709b..7e8257a81078 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/core/test/common.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/core/test/common.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package test
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"slices"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -383,19 +384,21 @@ type expanderResults struct {
 
 // MockReportingStrategy implements expander.Strategy
 type MockReportingStrategy struct {
-	defaultStrategy expander.Strategy
-	optionToChoose  *GroupSizeChange
-	t               *testing.T
-	results         *expanderResults
+	defaultStrategy           expander.Strategy
+	optionToChoose            *GroupSizeChange
+	similarNodeGroupsToChoose *[]string
+	t                         *testing.T
+	results                   *expanderResults
 }
 
 // NewMockRepotingStrategy creates an expander strategy with reporting and mocking capabilities.
-func NewMockRepotingStrategy(t *testing.T, optionToChoose *GroupSizeChange) *MockReportingStrategy {
+func NewMockReportingStrategy(t *testing.T, optionToChoose *GroupSizeChange, similarNodeGroupsToChoose *[]string) *MockReportingStrategy {
 	return &MockReportingStrategy{
-		defaultStrategy: random.NewStrategy(),
-		results:         &expanderResults{},
-		optionToChoose:  optionToChoose,
-		t:               t,
+		defaultStrategy:           random.NewStrategy(),
+		results:                   &expanderResults{},
+		optionToChoose:            optionToChoose,
+		similarNodeGroupsToChoose: similarNodeGroupsToChoose,
+		t:                         t,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -415,7 +418,16 @@ func (r *MockReportingStrategy) BestOption(options []expander.Option, nodeInfo m
 	for _, option := range options {
 		groupSizeChange := expanderOptionToGroupSizeChange(option)
 		if groupSizeChange == *r.optionToChoose {
-			return &option
+			bestOption := option
+			if r.similarNodeGroupsToChoose != nil {
+				bestOption.SimilarNodeGroups = []cloudprovider.NodeGroup{}
+				for _, nodeGroup := range options {
+					if slices.Contains(*r.similarNodeGroupsToChoose, nodeGroup.NodeGroup.Id()) {
+						bestOption.SimilarNodeGroups = append(bestOption.SimilarNodeGroups, nodeGroup.NodeGroup)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			return &bestOption
 		}
 	}
 	assert.Fail(r.t, "did not find expansionOptionToChoose %+v", r.optionToChoose)