diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/ml_inference_logic.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/ml_inference_logic.test.ts
index a4562d66349cc..330884868acf2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/ml_inference_logic.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/ml_inference_logic.test.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { TrainedModelState } from '../../../../../../../common/types/pipelines';
 import { GetDocumentsApiLogic } from '../../../../api/documents/get_document_logic';
 import { MappingsApiLogic } from '../../../../api/mappings/mappings_logic';
 import { MLModelsApiLogic } from '../../../../api/ml_models/ml_models_logic';
+import { StartTextExpansionModelApiLogic } from '../../../../api/ml_models/text_expansion/start_text_expansion_model_api_logic';
 import { AttachMlInferencePipelineApiLogic } from '../../../../api/pipelines/attach_ml_inference_pipeline';
 import { CreateMlInferencePipelineApiLogic } from '../../../../api/pipelines/create_ml_inference_pipeline';
 import { FetchMlInferencePipelineProcessorsApiLogic } from '../../../../api/pipelines/fetch_ml_inference_pipeline_processors';
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ describe('MlInferenceLogic', () => {
     FetchMlInferencePipelinesApiLogic
   );
   const { mount: mountGetDocumentsApiLogic } = new LogicMounter(GetDocumentsApiLogic);
+  const { mount: mountStartTextExpansionModel } = new LogicMounter(StartTextExpansionModelApiLogic);
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     jest.clearAllMocks();
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@ describe('MlInferenceLogic', () => {
     mountCreateMlInferencePipelineApiLogic();
     mountAttachMlInferencePipelineApiLogic();
     mountGetDocumentsApiLogic();
+    mountStartTextExpansionModel();
     mount();
   });
 
@@ -628,5 +631,16 @@ describe('MlInferenceLogic', () => {
         });
       });
     });
+    describe('startTextExpansionModelSuccess', () => {
+      it('fetches ml models', () => {
+        jest.spyOn(MLInferenceLogic.actions, 'makeMLModelsRequest');
+        StartTextExpansionModelApiLogic.actions.apiSuccess({
+          deploymentState: 'started',
+          modelId: 'foo',
+        });
+
+        expect(MLInferenceLogic.actions.makeMLModelsRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(undefined);
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/ml_inference_logic.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/ml_inference_logic.ts
index 2cc9a7eabea35..18b0cb8ab8328 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/ml_inference_logic.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/ml_inference_logic.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ import {
   TrainedModelsApiLogicActions,
   TrainedModelsApiLogic,
 } from '../../../../api/ml_models/ml_trained_models_logic';
+import {
+  StartTextExpansionModelApiLogic,
+  StartTextExpansionModelApiLogicActions,
+} from '../../../../api/ml_models/text_expansion/start_text_expansion_model_api_logic';
 import {
   AttachMlInferencePipelineApiLogic,
   AttachMlInferencePipelineApiLogicArgs,
@@ -156,6 +160,7 @@ interface MLInferenceProcessorsActions {
   setInferencePipelineConfiguration: (configuration: InferencePipelineConfiguration) => {
     configuration: InferencePipelineConfiguration;
   };
+  startTextExpansionModelSuccess: StartTextExpansionModelApiLogicActions['apiSuccess'];
 }
 
 export interface AddInferencePipelineModal {
@@ -230,6 +235,8 @@ export const MLInferenceLogic = kea<
       ],
       PipelinesLogic,
       ['closeAddMlInferencePipelineModal as closeAddMlInferencePipelineModal'],
+      StartTextExpansionModelApiLogic,
+      ['apiSuccess as startTextExpansionModelSuccess'],
     ],
     values: [
       CachedFetchIndexApiLogic,
@@ -316,6 +323,10 @@ export const MLInferenceLogic = kea<
         });
       }
     },
+    startTextExpansionModelSuccess: () => {
+      // Refresh ML models list when the text expansion model is started
+      actions.makeMLModelsRequest(undefined);
+    },
   }),
   path: ['enterprise_search', 'content', 'pipelines_add_ml_inference_pipeline'],
   reducers: {