diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/hetzner/hetzner_node_group.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/hetzner/hetzner_node_group.go
index 8cac65c6c405..5818da61d924 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/hetzner/hetzner_node_group.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/hetzner/hetzner_node_group.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package hetzner
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"maps"
 	"math/rand"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -222,10 +223,14 @@ func (n *hetznerNodeGroup) TemplateNodeInfo() (*schedulerframework.NodeInfo, err
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create resource list for node group %s error: %v", n.id, err)
 	}
 
+	nodeName := newNodeName(n)
+
 	node := apiv1.Node{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:   newNodeName(n),
-			Labels: map[string]string{},
+			Name: nodeName,
+			Labels: map[string]string{
+				apiv1.LabelHostname: nodeName,
+			},
 		},
 		Status: apiv1.NodeStatus{
 			Capacity:   resourceList,