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 71863d65ad..aaaa5b38c2 100644
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/endpoints/horizontal-pod-autoscaler.api.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/endpoints/horizontal-pod-autoscaler.api.ts
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export class HorizontalPodAutoscaler extends KubeObject<
 > {
   static readonly kind = "HorizontalPodAutoscaler";
   static readonly namespaced = true;
-  static readonly apiBase = "/apis/autoscaling/v2beta1/horizontalpodautoscalers";
+  static readonly apiBase = "/apis/autoscaling/v2/horizontalpodautoscalers";
 
   getMaxPods() {
     return this.spec.maxReplicas ?? 0;
@@ -204,8 +204,15 @@ export class HorizontalPodAutoscaler extends KubeObject<
 export class HorizontalPodAutoscalerApi extends KubeApi<HorizontalPodAutoscaler> {
   constructor(deps: KubeApiDependencies, opts?: DerivedKubeApiOptions) {
     super(deps, {
-      objectConstructor: HorizontalPodAutoscaler,
       ...opts ?? {},
+      objectConstructor: HorizontalPodAutoscaler,
+      checkPreferredVersion: true,
+      // Kubernetes < 1.26
+      fallbackApiBases: [
+        "/apis/autoscaling/v2beta2/horizontalpodautoscalers",
+        "/apis/autoscaling/v2beta1/horizontalpodautoscalers",
+        "/apis/autoscaling/v1/horizontalpodautoscalers",
+      ],
     });
   }
 }