diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/ml_inference_logic.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/ml_inference_logic.test.ts
index 7412d861d713..0ee315ae23fd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/ml_inference_logic.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/ml_inference_logic.test.ts
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ describe('MlInferenceLogic', () => {
           AddInferencePipelineSteps.Fields
         );
       });
-      it('triggers pipeline fetch when moving from configuration step', () => {
+      it('triggers pipeline and model fetch when moving from configuration step', () => {
         MLInferenceLogic.actions.setInferencePipelineConfiguration({
           ...MLInferenceLogic.values.addInferencePipelineModal.configuration,
           pipelineName: 'unit-test-pipeline',
@@ -647,12 +647,14 @@ describe('MlInferenceLogic', () => {
           existingPipeline: false,
         });
         jest.spyOn(MLInferenceLogic.actions, 'fetchPipelineByName');
+        jest.spyOn(MLInferenceLogic.actions, 'makeMLModelsRequest');
         MLInferenceLogic.actions.onAddInferencePipelineStepChange(AddInferencePipelineSteps.Fields);
         expect(MLInferenceLogic.actions.fetchPipelineByName).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
           pipelineName: 'ml-inference-unit-test-pipeline',
         });
+        expect(MLInferenceLogic.actions.makeMLModelsRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(undefined);
       });
-      it('does not trigger pipeline fetch existing pipeline is selected', () => {
+      it('does not trigger pipeline and model fetch existing pipeline is selected', () => {
         MLInferenceLogic.actions.setInferencePipelineConfiguration({
           ...MLInferenceLogic.values.addInferencePipelineModal.configuration,
           pipelineName: 'unit-test-pipeline',
@@ -660,8 +662,10 @@ describe('MlInferenceLogic', () => {
           existingPipeline: true,
         });
         jest.spyOn(MLInferenceLogic.actions, 'fetchPipelineByName');
+        jest.spyOn(MLInferenceLogic.actions, 'makeMLModelsRequest');
         MLInferenceLogic.actions.onAddInferencePipelineStepChange(AddInferencePipelineSteps.Fields);
         expect(MLInferenceLogic.actions.fetchPipelineByName).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(MLInferenceLogic.actions.makeMLModelsRequest).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       });
     });
     describe('fetchPipelineSuccess', () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/ml_inference_logic.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/ml_inference_logic.ts
index 407f33eb1e2d..44e95ca48808 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/ml_inference_logic.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/enterprise_search_content/components/search_index/pipelines/ml_inference/ml_inference_logic.ts
@@ -361,6 +361,9 @@ export const MLInferenceLogic = kea<
         });
         // Continue to the next step so we don't have to save it to state, we will change
         // back to the Configuration step if we find a pipeline with the same name
+
+        // Re-fetch ML model list to include those that were deployed in this step
+        actions.makeMLModelsRequest(undefined);
       }
       actions.setAddInferencePipelineStep(step);
     },