diff --git a/.chloggen/bug-fix-hpa.yaml b/.chloggen/bug-fix-hpa.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..adc23e56a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/bug-fix-hpa.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. collector, target allocator, auto-instrumentation, opamp, github action)
+component: collector
+
+# A brief description of the change. Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: adds test for memory utilization
+
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [3283]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
diff --git a/tests/e2e-autoscale/autoscale/00-assert.yaml b/tests/e2e-autoscale/autoscale/00-assert.yaml
index 87a41c51c7..11de1faab0 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-autoscale/autoscale/00-assert.yaml
+++ b/tests/e2e-autoscale/autoscale/00-assert.yaml
@@ -61,12 +61,17 @@ spec:
   minReplicas: 1
   maxReplicas: 2
   metrics:
-    - type: Resource
-      resource:
-        name: cpu
+    - resource:
+        name: memory
         target:
+          averageUtilization: 99
           type: Utilization
+      type: Resource
+    - resource:
+        name: cpu
+        target:
           averageUtilization: 99
+          type: Utilization
   behavior:
     scaleUp:
       stabilizationWindowSeconds: 300
diff --git a/tests/e2e-autoscale/autoscale/00-install.yaml b/tests/e2e-autoscale/autoscale/00-install.yaml
index b442d36735..420fac9dee 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-autoscale/autoscale/00-install.yaml
+++ b/tests/e2e-autoscale/autoscale/00-install.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ spec:
   maxReplicas: 2
   autoscaler:
     targetCPUUtilization: 99
+    targetMemoryUtilization: 99
     behavior:
       scaleUp:
         stabilizationWindowSeconds: 300
diff --git a/tests/e2e-autoscale/autoscale/01-assert.yaml b/tests/e2e-autoscale/autoscale/01-assert.yaml
index 1266fdf2ea..b1252381eb 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-autoscale/autoscale/01-assert.yaml
+++ b/tests/e2e-autoscale/autoscale/01-assert.yaml
@@ -10,12 +10,18 @@ spec:
   minReplicas: 1
   maxReplicas: 2
   metrics:
-    - type: Resource
-      resource:
-        name: cpu
+    - resource:
+        name: memory
         target:
+          averageUtilization: 60
           type: Utilization
+      type: Resource
+    - resource:
+        name: cpu
+        target:
           averageUtilization: 60
+          type: Utilization
+      type: Resource
   behavior:
     scaleUp:
       stabilizationWindowSeconds: 1
diff --git a/tests/e2e-autoscale/autoscale/01-install.yaml b/tests/e2e-autoscale/autoscale/01-install.yaml
index 92aca528a8..05bd5354c7 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-autoscale/autoscale/01-install.yaml
+++ b/tests/e2e-autoscale/autoscale/01-install.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ spec:
   maxReplicas: 2
   autoscaler:
     targetCPUUtilization: 60
+    targetMemoryUtilization: 60
     # Without this behavior the HPA will default to a scaledown stabilization
     # window of 300 seconds. Tests should fail if this update is not successful.
     behavior: