diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/CA_with_AWS_IAM_OIDC.md b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/CA_with_AWS_IAM_OIDC.md
index cf251787c234465c786aa0fa475b8ed4126c8558..f638a9808d6b5fcff76ce448595c1ddb02bf06f5 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/CA_with_AWS_IAM_OIDC.md
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/CA_with_AWS_IAM_OIDC.md
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ __NOTE:__ Please see [the README](README.md#IAM-Policy) for more information on
                 "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups",
                 "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingInstances",
                 "autoscaling:DescribeLaunchConfigurations",
+                "autoscaling:DescribeScalingActivities",
                 "autoscaling:DescribeTags",
                 "ec2:DescribeInstanceTypes",
                 "ec2:DescribeLaunchTemplateVersions"
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/README.md b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/README.md
index c4064ad7e9312129fe3dde4fc64f088ff90afc59..956f797ade9bb230fc3765a736131604718a0a8b 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/README.md
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/aws/README.md
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ binary, replacing min and max node counts and the ASG:
         "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups",
         "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingInstances",
         "autoscaling:DescribeLaunchConfigurations",
+        "autoscaling:DescribeScalingActivities",
         "autoscaling:SetDesiredCapacity",
         "autoscaling:TerminateInstanceInAutoScalingGroup"
       ],