diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/endpoints/horizontal-pod-autoscaler.api.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/endpoints/horizontal-pod-autoscaler.api.ts
index 4c14a5ccf2..c335a68ce6 100644
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/endpoints/horizontal-pod-autoscaler.api.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/endpoints/horizontal-pod-autoscaler.api.ts
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ export interface HorizontalPodAutoscalerSpec {
   maxReplicas: number;
   metrics?: HorizontalPodAutoscalerMetricSpec[];
   behavior?: HorizontalPodAutoscalerBehavior;
+  targetCPUUtilizationPercentage?: number; // used only in autoscaling/v1
 }
 
 export interface HorizontalPodAutoscalerStatus {
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ export interface HorizontalPodAutoscalerStatus {
   currentReplicas: number;
   desiredReplicas: number;
   currentMetrics?: HorizontalPodAutoscalerMetricStatus[];
+  currentCPUUtilizationPercentage?: number; // used only in autoscaling/v1
 }
 
 export class HorizontalPodAutoscaler extends KubeObject<
@@ -284,13 +286,13 @@ export class HorizontalPodAutoscalerApi extends KubeApi<HorizontalPodAutoscaler>
     super(deps, {
       ...opts ?? {},
       objectConstructor: HorizontalPodAutoscaler,
-      // checkPreferredVersion: true,
-      // // Kubernetes < 1.26
-      // fallbackApiBases: [
-      //   "/apis/autoscaling/v2beta2/horizontalpodautoscalers",
-      //   "/apis/autoscaling/v2beta1/horizontalpodautoscalers",
-      //   "/apis/autoscaling/v1/horizontalpodautoscalers",
-      // ],
+      checkPreferredVersion: true,
+      // Kubernetes < 1.26
+      fallbackApiBases: [
+        "/apis/autoscaling/v2beta2/horizontalpodautoscalers",
+        "/apis/autoscaling/v2beta1/horizontalpodautoscalers",
+        "/apis/autoscaling/v1/horizontalpodautoscalers",
+      ],
     });
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+config-autoscalers/get-hpa-metrics.injectable.ts b/src/renderer/components/+config-autoscalers/get-hpa-metrics.injectable.ts
index 7b075df691..a3aa25cc8c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+config-autoscalers/get-hpa-metrics.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+config-autoscalers/get-hpa-metrics.injectable.ts
@@ -11,15 +11,27 @@ const getHorizontalPodAutoscalerMetrics = getInjectable({
     const hpaV2Parser = di.inject(horizonalPodAutoscalerV2MetricParser);
     const metrics = hpa.spec?.metrics ?? [];
     const currentMetrics = hpa.status?.currentMetrics ?? [];
+    const cpuUtilization = hpa.spec?.targetCPUUtilizationPercentage;
+
+    if (cpuUtilization) {
+      const utilizationCurrent = hpa.status?.currentCPUUtilizationPercentage ? `${hpa.status.currentCPUUtilizationPercentage}%` : "unknown";
+      const utilizationTarget = cpuUtilization ? `${cpuUtilization}%` : "unknown";
+      return [`${utilizationCurrent} / ${utilizationTarget}`];
+    }
 
     return metrics.map((metric) => {
       const currentMetric = currentMetrics.find(current =>
         current.type === metric.type
         && getMetricName(current) === getMetricName(metric)
       );
-      const parser = hpa.apiVersion.includes("v2") ? hpaV2Parser : hpaV1Parser;
 
-      const values = getMetricValues(parser, currentMetric, metric);
+      const hpaV2ParserValues = getMetricValues(hpaV2Parser, currentMetric, metric);
+      const hpaV1ParserValues = getMetricValues(hpaV1Parser, currentMetric, metric);
+      let values = hpaV1ParserValues;
+
+      if (hpaV2ParserValues.current || hpaV2ParserValues.target) {
+        values = hpaV2ParserValues;
+      }
 
       return `${values.current ?? "unknown"} / ${values.target ?? "unknown"}`;
     });
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+config-autoscalers/hpa.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+config-autoscalers/hpa.tsx
index dfa337f3aa..a6ba158de0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+config-autoscalers/hpa.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+config-autoscalers/hpa.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class NonInjectedHorizontalPodAutoscalers extends React.Component<Dependencies>
   getTargets(hpa: HorizontalPodAutoscaler) {
     const metrics = hpa.getMetrics();
 
-    if (metrics.length === 0) {
+    if (metrics.length === 0 && !hpa.spec?.targetCPUUtilizationPercentage) {
       return <p>--</p>;
     }