diff --git a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/Chart.yaml b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/Chart.yaml
index 05a09a218bbf..3b32a71a62ef 100644
--- a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/Chart.yaml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ name: cluster-autoscaler
 sources:
   - https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/tree/master/cluster-autoscaler
 type: application
-version: 9.50.1
+version: 9.51.0
diff --git a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/README.md b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/README.md
index 8b97032622ac..6fa874145a55 100644
--- a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/README.md
+++ b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/README.md
@@ -536,4 +536,5 @@ vpa:
 | vpa | object | `{"containerPolicy":{},"enabled":false,"updateMode":"Auto"}` | Configure a VerticalPodAutoscaler for the cluster-autoscaler Deployment. |
 | vpa.containerPolicy | object | `{}` | [ContainerResourcePolicy](https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/blob/vertical-pod-autoscaler/v0.13.0/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/apis/autoscaling.k8s.io/v1/types.go#L159). The containerName is always et to the deployment's container name. This value is required if VPA is enabled. |
 | vpa.enabled | bool | `false` | If true, creates a VerticalPodAutoscaler. |
+| vpa.recommender | string | `"default"` | Name of the recommender that will apply to this VerticalPodAutoscaler. |
 | vpa.updateMode | string | `"Auto"` | [UpdateMode](https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/blob/vertical-pod-autoscaler/v0.13.0/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/apis/autoscaling.k8s.io/v1/types.go#L124) |
diff --git a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/templates/vpa.yaml b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/templates/vpa.yaml
index b889beac9c9a..560dab00a4de 100644
--- a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/templates/vpa.yaml
+++ b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/templates/vpa.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ spec:
     name: {{ template "cluster-autoscaler.fullname" . }}
   updatePolicy:
     updateMode: {{ .Values.vpa.updateMode | quote }}
+  recommenders:
+    - name: {{ .Values.vpa.recommender  | quote }}
   resourcePolicy:
     containerPolicies:
     - containerName: {{ template "cluster-autoscaler.name" . }}
diff --git a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/values.yaml b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/values.yaml
index 50865497fb20..147874a585da 100644
--- a/charts/cluster-autoscaler/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/cluster-autoscaler/values.yaml
@@ -489,6 +489,8 @@ vpa:
   updateMode: "Auto"
   # vpa.containerPolicy -- [ContainerResourcePolicy](https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/blob/vertical-pod-autoscaler/v0.13.0/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/apis/autoscaling.k8s.io/v1/types.go#L159). The containerName is always et to the deployment's container name. This value is required if VPA is enabled.
   containerPolicy: {}
+  # vpa.recommender -- Name of the VPA recommender that will provide recommendations for vertical scaling.
+  recommender: default
 
 # secretKeyRefNameOverride -- Overrides the name of the Secret to use when loading the secretKeyRef for AWS, Azure and Civo env variables
 secretKeyRefNameOverride: ""