diff --git a/pkg/collector/corechecks/cluster/ksm/customresources/hpa.go b/pkg/collector/corechecks/cluster/ksm/customresources/hpa.go
index e591bbef9a1c2..0a0533b4dcea6 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/corechecks/cluster/ksm/customresources/hpa.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/corechecks/cluster/ksm/customresources/hpa.go
@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@ package customresources
 // This file has most of its logic copied from the KSM hpa metric family
 // generators available at
 // https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics/blob/release-2.4/internal/store/horizontalpodautoscaler.go
-// It exists here to provide backwards compatibility with k8s >1.25, as KSM 2.4
-// uses API v2beta2 instead of v2.
+// It exists here to provide backwards compatibility with kubernetes versions
+// that use autoscaling/v2beta2, as the KSM version that we depend on uses API
+// v2 instead of v2beta2.
 
 import (
 	"context"
 
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/util/kubernetes/apiserver"
-	autoscaling "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v2"
+	autoscaling "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v2beta2"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
@@ -54,9 +55,9 @@ var (
 	targetMetricLabels = []string{"metric_name", "metric_target_type"}
 )
 
-// NewHorizontalPodAutoscalerV2Factory returns a new HorizontalPodAutoscaler
-// metric family generator factory.
-func NewHorizontalPodAutoscalerV2Factory(client *apiserver.APIClient) customresource.RegistryFactory {
+// NewHorizontalPodAutoscalerV2Beta2Factory returns a new
+// HorizontalPodAutoscaler metric family generator factory.
+func NewHorizontalPodAutoscalerV2Beta2Factory(client *apiserver.APIClient) customresource.RegistryFactory {
 	return &hpav2Factory{
 		client: client.Cl,
 	}
@@ -363,11 +364,11 @@ func (f *hpav2Factory) ListWatch(customResourceClient interface{}, ns string, fi
 	return &cache.ListWatch{
 		ListFunc: func(opts metav1.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
 			opts.FieldSelector = fieldSelector
-			return client.AutoscalingV2().HorizontalPodAutoscalers(ns).List(context.TODO(), opts)
+			return client.AutoscalingV2beta2().HorizontalPodAutoscalers(ns).List(context.TODO(), opts)
 		},
 		WatchFunc: func(opts metav1.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error) {
 			opts.FieldSelector = fieldSelector
-			return client.AutoscalingV2().HorizontalPodAutoscalers(ns).Watch(context.TODO(), opts)
+			return client.AutoscalingV2beta2().HorizontalPodAutoscalers(ns).Watch(context.TODO(), opts)
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/collector/corechecks/cluster/ksm/kubernetes_state.go b/pkg/collector/corechecks/cluster/ksm/kubernetes_state.go
index f5087facb0052..8feec7d6b2ee9 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/corechecks/cluster/ksm/kubernetes_state.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/corechecks/cluster/ksm/kubernetes_state.go
@@ -431,11 +431,8 @@ func manageResourcesReplacement(c *apiserver.APIClient, factories []customresour
 		"policy/v1": {
 			"PodDisruptionBudget": customresources.NewPodDisruptionBudgetV1Beta1Factory,
 		},
-
-		// support for newer k8s versions where the newer resources are
-		// not yet supported by KSM
-		"autoscaling/v2beta2": {
-			"HorizontalPodAutoscaler": customresources.NewHorizontalPodAutoscalerV2Factory,
+		"autoscaling/v2": {
+			"HorizontalPodAutoscaler": customresources.NewHorizontalPodAutoscalerV2Beta2Factory,
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/releasenotes-dca/ksm-support-hpa-v2beta2-e745b1d2519a7d6c.yaml b/releasenotes-dca/ksm-support-hpa-v2beta2-e745b1d2519a7d6c.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c9458f8c1609a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes-dca/ksm-support-hpa-v2beta2-e745b1d2519a7d6c.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Each section from every release note are combined when the
+# CHANGELOG.rst is rendered. So the text needs to be worded so that
+# it does not depend on any information only available in another
+# section. This may mean repeating some details, but each section
+# must be readable independently of the other.
+#
+# Each section note must be formatted as reStructuredText.
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes the KSM check to support HPA v2beta2 again. This stopped working in Agent v7.44.0.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ksm-support-hpa-v2beta2-e745b1d2519a7d6c.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ksm-support-hpa-v2beta2-e745b1d2519a7d6c.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c9458f8c1609a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ksm-support-hpa-v2beta2-e745b1d2519a7d6c.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Each section from every release note are combined when the
+# CHANGELOG.rst is rendered. So the text needs to be worded so that
+# it does not depend on any information only available in another
+# section. This may mean repeating some details, but each section
+# must be readable independently of the other.
+#
+# Each section note must be formatted as reStructuredText.
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes the KSM check to support HPA v2beta2 again. This stopped working in Agent v7.44.0.