diff --git a/ceph-client/Chart.yaml b/ceph-client/Chart.yaml
index a389f0831..3c52f2eba 100644
--- a/ceph-client/Chart.yaml
+++ b/ceph-client/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: v1.0.0
 description: OpenStack-Helm Ceph Client
 name: ceph-client
-version: 0.1.7
+version: 0.1.8
 home: https://github.com/ceph/ceph-client
 ...
diff --git a/ceph-client/templates/bin/_helm-tests.sh.tpl b/ceph-client/templates/bin/_helm-tests.sh.tpl
index 0906c8159..96da35b70 100755
--- a/ceph-client/templates/bin/_helm-tests.sh.tpl
+++ b/ceph-client/templates/bin/_helm-tests.sh.tpl
@@ -181,13 +181,7 @@ function pool_validation() {
     pg_placement_num=$(echo ${pool_obj} | jq -r .pg_placement_num)
     crush_rule=$(echo ${pool_obj} | jq -r .crush_rule)
     name=$(echo ${pool_obj} | jq -r .pool_name)
-    pg_autoscale_mode=$(echo ${pool_obj} | jq -r .pg_autoscale_mode)
-    if [[ "${ENABLE_AUTOSCALER}" == "true" ]]; then
-      if [[ "${pg_autoscale_mode}" != "on" ]]; then
-        echo "pg autoscaler not enabled on ${name} pool"
-        exit 1
-      fi
-    fi
+
     if [[ $(ceph mon versions | awk '/version/{print $3}' | cut -d. -f1) -ge 14 ]]; then
       if [ "x${size}" != "x${RBD}" ] || [ "x${min_size}" != "x${EXPECTED_POOLMINSIZE}" ] \
         || [ "x${crush_rule}" != "x${expectedCrushRuleId}" ]; then
diff --git a/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl b/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl
index 0c3c66d6b..1c7090c69 100644
--- a/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl
+++ b/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl
@@ -146,13 +146,11 @@ function reweight_osds () {
   done
 }
 
-function enable_or_disable_autoscaling () {
-  if [[ "${ENABLE_AUTOSCALER}" == "true" ]]; then
-    ceph mgr module enable pg_autoscaler
-    ceph config set global osd_pool_default_pg_autoscale_mode on
-  else
-    ceph mgr module disable pg_autoscaler
+function enable_autoscaling () {
+  if [[ $(ceph mgr versions | awk '/version/{print $3}' | cut -d. -f1) -eq 14 ]]; then
+    ceph mgr module enable pg_autoscaler # only required for nautilus
   fi
+  ceph config set global osd_pool_default_pg_autoscale_mode on
 }
 
 function set_cluster_flags () {
@@ -184,10 +182,8 @@ function create_pool () {
     ceph --cluster "${CLUSTER}" osd pool application enable "${POOL_NAME}" "${POOL_APPLICATION}"
   fi
 
-  if [[ $(ceph osd versions | awk '/version/{print $3}' | cut -d. -f1) -ge 14 ]] && [[ "${ENABLE_AUTOSCALER}" == "true" ]] ; then
+  if [[ $(ceph osd versions | awk '/version/{print $3}' | cut -d. -f1) -ge 14 ]] ; then
     ceph --cluster "${CLUSTER}" osd pool set "${POOL_NAME}" pg_autoscale_mode on
-  else
-    ceph --cluster "${CLUSTER}" osd pool set "${POOL_NAME}" pg_autoscale_mode off
   fi
 #
 # Make sure pool is not protected after creation AND expansion so we can manipulate its settings.
@@ -269,8 +265,8 @@ else
   cluster_capacity=$(ceph --cluster "${CLUSTER}" df | head -n3 | tail -n1 | awk '{print $1 substr($2, 1, 1)}' | numfmt --from=iec)
 fi
 
-if [[ $(ceph mgr versions | awk '/version/{print $3}' | cut -d. -f1) -eq 14 ]]; then
-  enable_or_disable_autoscaling
+if [[ $(ceph mgr versions | awk '/version/{print $3}' | cut -d. -f1) -ge 14 ]]; then
+  enable_autoscaling
 fi
 
 {{- range $pool := .Values.conf.pool.spec -}}
diff --git a/ceph-client/templates/job-rbd-pool.yaml b/ceph-client/templates/job-rbd-pool.yaml
index 351ef761d..f8fa8e5c3 100644
--- a/ceph-client/templates/job-rbd-pool.yaml
+++ b/ceph-client/templates/job-rbd-pool.yaml
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ spec:
           env:
             - name: CLUSTER
               value: "ceph"
-            - name: ENABLE_AUTOSCALER
-              value: {{ .Values.conf.features.pg_autoscaler | quote }}
             - name: CLUSTER_SET_FLAGS
               value: {{ .Values.conf.features.cluster_flags.set | quote }}
             - name: CLUSTER_UNSET_FLAGS
diff --git a/ceph-client/templates/pod-helm-tests.yaml b/ceph-client/templates/pod-helm-tests.yaml
index f9117d8e9..51fa318b6 100644
--- a/ceph-client/templates/pod-helm-tests.yaml
+++ b/ceph-client/templates/pod-helm-tests.yaml
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ spec:
           value: {{ .Values.conf.pool.default.crush_rule | default "replicated_rule" | quote }}
         - name: MGR_COUNT
           value: {{ .Values.pod.replicas.mgr | default "1" | quote }}
-        - name: ENABLE_AUTOSCALER
-          value: {{ .Values.conf.features.pg_autoscaler | quote }}
         {{- range $pool := .Values.conf.pool.spec -}}
         {{- with $pool }}
         - name: {{ .name | upper | replace "." "_" }}
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ceph-client.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ceph-client.yaml
index 30b522e87..b9a797adb 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/ceph-client.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ceph-client.yaml
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ ceph-client:
   - 0.1.5 Fix Helm test check_pgs() check for inactive PGs
   - 0.1.6 Uplift from Nautilus to Octopus release
   - 0.1.7 Don't wait for premerge PGs in the rbd pool job
+  - 0.1.8 Enhance logic to enable the pg autoscaler
 ...