diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index 54bf48e8..ef02bc3d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -128,6 +128,62 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Run end to end tests", ginkgo.Ordered, func() {
 			deleteObjects(modelServers)
 		})
 	})
+
+	ginkgo.When("Scaling up and down the model servers", func() {
+		ginkgo.It("work should be distributed across all model servers", func() {
+			modelServers := createModelServers(false, false, 1, 0, 0)
+
+			epp := createEndPointPicker(scaleConfig)
+
+			prefillPods, decodePods := getModelServerPods(podSelector, prefillSelector, decodeSelector)
+			gomega.Expect(prefillPods).Should(gomega.BeEmpty())
+			gomega.Expect(decodePods).Should(gomega.HaveLen(1))
+
+			var nsHdr, podHdr string
+			for range 5 {
+				nsHdr, podHdr = runCompletion(simplePrompt, modelName)
+				gomega.Expect(nsHdr).Should(gomega.Equal(nsName))
+				gomega.Expect(podHdr).Should(gomega.Equal(decodePods[0]))
+			}
+
+			scaleDeployment(modelServers, 1)
+
+			scaledUpPrefillPods, scaledUpDecodePods := getModelServerPods(podSelector, prefillSelector, decodeSelector)
+			gomega.Expect(scaledUpPrefillPods).Should(gomega.BeEmpty())
+			gomega.Expect(scaledUpDecodePods).Should(gomega.HaveLen(2))
+
+			time.Sleep(time.Second)
+
+			var scaledNsHdr, scaledPodHdr string
+			for range 20 {
+				scaledNsHdr, scaledPodHdr = runCompletion(extraPrompt, modelName)
+				gomega.Expect(scaledNsHdr).Should(gomega.Equal(nsName))
+				gomega.Expect(scaledPodHdr).Should(gomega.BeElementOf(scaledUpDecodePods))
+				if scaledPodHdr != podHdr {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			gomega.Expect(scaledPodHdr).ShouldNot(gomega.Equal(podHdr))
+
+			scaleDeployment(modelServers, -1)
+
+			scaledDownPrefillPods, scaledDownDecodePods := getModelServerPods(podSelector, prefillSelector, decodeSelector)
+			gomega.Expect(scaledDownPrefillPods).Should(gomega.BeEmpty())
+			gomega.Expect(scaledDownDecodePods).Should(gomega.HaveLen(1))
+			gomega.Expect(scaledDownDecodePods[0]).Should(gomega.BeElementOf(scaledUpDecodePods))
+
+			time.Sleep(time.Second)
+
+			for range 5 {
+				nsHdr, podHdr = runCompletion(simplePrompt, modelName)
+				gomega.Expect(nsHdr).Should(gomega.Equal(nsName))
+				gomega.Expect(podHdr).Should(gomega.Equal(scaledDownDecodePods[0]))
+			}
+
+			deleteObjects(epp)
+			deleteObjects(modelServers)
+		})
+	})
 })
 
 // createModelServers creates the model server resources used for testing from the given filePaths.
@@ -339,3 +395,15 @@ schedulingProfiles:
   - pluginRef: precise-prefix-cache-scorer
     weight: 10
 `
+
+// EPP configuration for running scale model server test
+const scaleConfig = `apiVersion: inference.networking.x-k8s.io/v1alpha1
+kind: EndpointPickerConfig
+plugins:
+- type: max-score-picker
+- type: single-profile-handler
+schedulingProfiles:
+- name: default
+  plugins:
+  - pluginRef: max-score-picker
+`
diff --git a/test/e2e/utils_test.go b/test/e2e/utils_test.go
index a291f926..d067c1ea 100644
--- a/test/e2e/utils_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/utils_test.go
@@ -15,15 +15,49 @@ import (
 	rbacv1 "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"
 	apiextv1 "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	apilabels "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/config"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/apix/v1alpha2"
 	testutils "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/test/utils"
 )
 
+const (
+	deploymentKind = "deployment"
+)
+
+func scaleDeployment(objects []string, increment int) {
+	k8sCfg := config.GetConfigOrDie()
+	client, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(k8sCfg)
+	gomega.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred())
+	direction := "up"
+	absIncrement := increment
+	if increment < 0 {
+		direction = "down"
+		absIncrement = -increment
+	}
+
+	for _, kindAndName := range objects {
+		split := strings.Split(kindAndName, "/")
+		if strings.ToLower(split[0]) == deploymentKind {
+			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Scaling the deployment %s %s by %d", split[1], direction, absIncrement))
+			scale, err := client.AppsV1().Deployments(nsName).GetScale(ctx, split[1], v1.GetOptions{})
+			gomega.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred())
+
+			scale.Spec.Replicas += int32(increment)
+			_, err = client.AppsV1().Deployments(nsName).UpdateScale(ctx, split[1], scale, v1.UpdateOptions{})
+			gomega.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred())
+			time.Sleep(time.Second)
+		}
+	}
+	podsInDeploymentsReady(objects)
+}
+
 func createObjsFromYaml(docs []string) []string {
 	objNames := []string{}
 
@@ -102,7 +136,7 @@ func getClientObject(kind string) client.Object {
 		return &corev1.ConfigMap{}
 	case "customresourcedefinition":
 		return &apiextv1.CustomResourceDefinition{}
-	case "deployment":
+	case deploymentKind:
 		return &appsv1.Deployment{}
 	case "inferencepool":
 		return &v1alpha2.InferencePool{}
@@ -181,7 +215,7 @@ func podsInDeploymentsReady(objects []string) {
 	}
 	for _, kindAndName := range objects {
 		split := strings.Split(kindAndName, "/")
-		if strings.ToLower(split[0]) == "deployment" {
+		if strings.ToLower(split[0]) == deploymentKind {
 			ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("Waiting for pods of %s to be ready", split[1]))
 			gomega.Eventually(helper, readyTimeout, interval).WithArguments(split[1]).Should(gomega.BeTrue())
 		}
diff --git a/test/scripts/run_e2e.sh b/test/scripts/run_e2e.sh
index add66dc3..5018c484 100755
--- a/test/scripts/run_e2e.sh
+++ b/test/scripts/run_e2e.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 export EPP_TAG="${EPP_TAG:-dev}"
 
 # Set a default VLLM_SIMULATOR_TAG if not provided
-export VLLM_SIMULATOR_TAG="${VLLM_SIMULATOR_TAG:-v0.4.0}"
+export VLLM_SIMULATOR_TAG="${VLLM_SIMULATOR_TAG:-v0.5.0}"
 
 # Set the default routing side car image tag
 export ROUTING_SIDECAR_TAG="${ROUTING_SIDECAR_TAG:-v0.2.0}"