diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/SimSolrCloudTestCase.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/SimSolrCloudTestCase.java
index 49a7bbddaf3..6cb3f1a1577 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/SimSolrCloudTestCase.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/SimSolrCloudTestCase.java
@@ -21,14 +21,17 @@ import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 
 import org.apache.solr.SolrTestCaseJ4;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.cloud.autoscaling.AutoScalingConfig;
 import org.apache.solr.cloud.CloudTestUtils;
 import org.apache.solr.common.cloud.DocCollection;
 import org.apache.solr.common.cloud.Replica;
 import org.apache.solr.common.cloud.Slice;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.TimeSource;
+import org.apache.solr.util.TimeOut;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -63,6 +66,18 @@ public class SimSolrCloudTestCase extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
     cluster = null;
   }
 
+  protected static void assertAutoscalingUpdateComplete() throws Exception {
+    (new TimeOut(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS, cluster.getTimeSource()))
+        .waitFor("OverseerTriggerThread never caught up to the latest znodeVersion", () -> {
+          try {
+            AutoScalingConfig autoscalingConfig = cluster.getDistribStateManager().getAutoScalingConfig();
+            return autoscalingConfig.getZkVersion() == cluster.getOverseerTriggerThread().getProcessedZnodeVersion();
+          } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("FAILED", e);
+          }
+        });
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void tearDown() throws Exception {
     super.tearDown();
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/TestSimComputePlanAction.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/TestSimComputePlanAction.java
index f82c5fe9894..19f9b8d95d6 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/TestSimComputePlanAction.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/TestSimComputePlanAction.java
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ public class TestSimComputePlanAction extends SimSolrCloudTestCase {
     rsp = cluster.request(req);
     response = rsp.getResponse();
     assertEquals(response.get("result").toString(), "success");
+    assertAutoscalingUpdateComplete();
     cluster.getTimeSource().sleep(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(ScheduledTriggers.DEFAULT_COOLDOWN_PERIOD_SECONDS));
   }
 
@@ -138,6 +139,8 @@ public class TestSimComputePlanAction extends SimSolrCloudTestCase {
     NamedList<Object> response = solrClient.request(req);
     assertEquals(response.get("result").toString(), "success");
 
+    assertAutoscalingUpdateComplete();
+
     CollectionAdminRequest.Create create = CollectionAdminRequest.createCollection("testNodeLost",
         "conf",1, 2);
     create.process(solrClient);
@@ -201,6 +204,8 @@ public class TestSimComputePlanAction extends SimSolrCloudTestCase {
     NamedList<Object> response = solrClient.request(req);
     assertEquals(response.get("result").toString(), "success");
 
+    assertAutoscalingUpdateComplete();
+
     CollectionAdminRequest.Create create = CollectionAdminRequest.createCollection("testNodeWithMultipleReplicasLost",
         "conf",2, 3);
     create.setMaxShardsPerNode(2);
@@ -285,6 +290,8 @@ public class TestSimComputePlanAction extends SimSolrCloudTestCase {
     response = solrClient.request(req);
     assertEquals(response.get("result").toString(), "success");
 
+    assertAutoscalingUpdateComplete();
+
     CollectionAdminRequest.Create create = CollectionAdminRequest.createCollection("testNodeAdded",
         "conf",1, 4).setMaxShardsPerNode(-1);
     create.process(solrClient);
@@ -304,6 +311,8 @@ public class TestSimComputePlanAction extends SimSolrCloudTestCase {
     response = solrClient.request(req);
     assertEquals(response.get("result").toString(), "success");
 
+    assertAutoscalingUpdateComplete();
+
     // start a node so that the 'violation' created by the previous policy update is fixed
     String newNode = cluster.simAddNode();
     assertTrue("Trigger was not fired even after 5 seconds", triggerFiredLatch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/TestSimExecutePlanAction.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/TestSimExecutePlanAction.java
index e42510cd234..a0c18a9e574 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/TestSimExecutePlanAction.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/TestSimExecutePlanAction.java
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ public class TestSimExecutePlanAction extends SimSolrCloudTestCase {
     NamedList<Object> response = solrClient.request(req);
     assertEquals(response.get("result").toString(), "success");
 
+    assertAutoscalingUpdateComplete();
+
     String collectionName = "testIntegration";
     CollectionAdminRequest.Create create = CollectionAdminRequest.createCollection(collectionName,
         "conf", 1, 2);
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/TestSimExtremeIndexing.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/TestSimExtremeIndexing.java
index 3c996a199fc..56cfdf6e6c0 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/TestSimExtremeIndexing.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/TestSimExtremeIndexing.java
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ public class TestSimExtremeIndexing extends SimSolrCloudTestCase {
     NamedList<Object> response = solrClient.request(req);
     assertEquals(response.get("result").toString(), "success");
 
+    assertAutoscalingUpdateComplete();
+
     long batchSize = BATCH_SIZE;
     for (long i = 0; i < NUM_BATCHES; i++) {
       addDocs(collectionName, i * batchSize, batchSize);
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/TestSimLargeCluster.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/TestSimLargeCluster.java
index 7834c70d65b..fed7b1430e5 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/TestSimLargeCluster.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/TestSimLargeCluster.java
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ public class TestSimLargeCluster extends SimSolrCloudTestCase {
     response = solrClient.request(req);
     assertEquals(response.get("result").toString(), "success");
 
+    assertAutoscalingUpdateComplete();
+
     cluster.getTimeSource().sleep(5000);
 
     // pick a few random nodes
@@ -269,6 +271,8 @@ public class TestSimLargeCluster extends SimSolrCloudTestCase {
     NamedList<Object> response = solrClient.request(req);
     assertEquals(response.get("result").toString(), "success");
 
+    assertAutoscalingUpdateComplete();
+
     // create a collection with more than 1 replica per node
     String collectionName = "testNodeAdded";
     CollectionAdminRequest.Create create = CollectionAdminRequest.createCollection(collectionName,
@@ -472,6 +476,7 @@ public class TestSimLargeCluster extends SimSolrCloudTestCase {
     response = solrClient.request(req);
     assertEquals(response.get("result").toString(), "success");
 
+    assertAutoscalingUpdateComplete();
 
     // create a collection with 1 replica per node
     String collectionName = "testNodeLost";
@@ -671,6 +676,7 @@ public class TestSimLargeCluster extends SimSolrCloudTestCase {
     response = solrClient.request(req);
     assertEquals(response.get("result").toString(), "success");
 
+    assertAutoscalingUpdateComplete();
 
     boolean await = triggerFinishedLatch.await(waitForSeconds * 45000 / SPEED, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     assertTrue("The trigger did not fire at all", await);
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/TestSimTriggerIntegration.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/TestSimTriggerIntegration.java
index 711b333485e..3056d338843 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/TestSimTriggerIntegration.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/autoscaling/sim/TestSimTriggerIntegration.java
@@ -1424,16 +1424,4 @@ public class TestSimTriggerIntegration extends SimSolrCloudTestCase {
     return event;
   }
 
-  private static void assertAutoscalingUpdateComplete() throws Exception {
-    (new TimeOut(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS, cluster.getTimeSource()))
-        .waitFor("OverseerTriggerThread never caught up to the latest znodeVersion", () -> {
-          try {
-            AutoScalingConfig autoscalingConfig = cluster.getDistribStateManager().getAutoScalingConfig();
-            return autoscalingConfig.getZkVersion() == cluster.getOverseerTriggerThread().getProcessedZnodeVersion();
-          } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("FAILED", e);
-          }
-        });
-  }
-  
 }