diff --git a/pkg/releaseutil/kind_sorter.go b/pkg/releaseutil/kind_sorter.go
index 6870d6f83..9aab36f91 100644
--- a/pkg/releaseutil/kind_sorter.go
+++ b/pkg/releaseutil/kind_sorter.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ var InstallOrder KindSortOrder = []string{
 	"ReplicationController",
 	"ReplicaSet",
 	"Deployment",
+	"HorizontalPodAutoscaler",
 	"StatefulSet",
 	"Job",
 	"CronJob",
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ var UninstallOrder KindSortOrder = []string{
 	"CronJob",
 	"Job",
 	"StatefulSet",
+	"HorizontalPodAutoscaler",
 	"Deployment",
 	"ReplicaSet",
 	"ReplicationController",
diff --git a/pkg/releaseutil/kind_sorter_test.go b/pkg/releaseutil/kind_sorter_test.go
index f0b04ff0e..8eea56a4f 100644
--- a/pkg/releaseutil/kind_sorter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/releaseutil/kind_sorter_test.go
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ func TestKindSorter(t *testing.T) {
 			Name: "w",
 			Head: &SimpleHead{Kind: "APIService"},
 		},
+		{
+			Name: "x",
+			Head: &SimpleHead{Kind: "HorizontalPodAutoscaler"},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range []struct {
@@ -134,8 +138,8 @@ func TestKindSorter(t *testing.T) {
 		order       KindSortOrder
 		expected    string
 	}{
-		{"install", InstallOrder, "abcde1fgh2ijklmnopqrstuvw!"},
-		{"uninstall", UninstallOrder, "wvmutsrqponlkji2hgf1edcba!"},
+		{"install", InstallOrder, "abcde1fgh2ijklmnopqrxstuvw!"},
+		{"uninstall", UninstallOrder, "wvmutsxrqponlkji2hgf1edcba!"},
 	} {
 		var buf bytes.Buffer
 		t.Run(test.description, func(t *testing.T) {