diff --git a/lib/aws-missing-tools/aws-ha-release/aws-ha-release.rb b/lib/aws-missing-tools/aws-ha-release/aws-ha-release.rb
index 4827ac5..d104d4b 100755
--- a/lib/aws-missing-tools/aws-ha-release/aws-ha-release.rb
+++ b/lib/aws-missing-tools/aws-ha-release/aws-ha-release.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 class AwsHaRelease
+  attr_reader :max_size_change
+
   def initialize(opts)
     AWS.config(access_key_id: opts[:aws_access_key], secret_access_key: opts[:aws_secret_key], region: opts[:region])
 
@@ -8,9 +10,16 @@ class AwsHaRelease
     if @group.nil?
       raise ArgumentError, "The Auto Scaling Group named #{opts[:as_group_name]} does not exist in #{opts[:region]}."
     end
+
+    @max_size_change = 0
   end
 
   def execute!
     @group.suspend_processes 'ReplaceUnhealthy', 'AlarmNotification', 'ScheduledActions', 'AZRebalance'
+
+    if @group.max_size == @group.desired_capacity
+      @group.update(max_size: @group.max_size + 1)
+      @max_size_change += 1
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/aws-missing-tools/aws-ha-release/aws-ha-release_spec.rb b/spec/aws-missing-tools/aws-ha-release/aws-ha-release_spec.rb
index 1473900..4cc7663 100644
--- a/spec/aws-missing-tools/aws-ha-release/aws-ha-release_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/aws-missing-tools/aws-ha-release/aws-ha-release_spec.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe 'aws-ha-release' do
 
   describe '#execute!' do
     before do
-      as.groups.create opts[:as_group_name]
+      @group = as.groups.create opts[:as_group_name]
       @aws_ha_release = AwsHaRelease.new(opts)
     end
 
@@ -43,5 +43,15 @@ describe 'aws-ha-release' do
           .with('ReplaceUnhealthy', 'AlarmNotification', 'ScheduledActions', 'AZRebalance')
       @aws_ha_release.execute!
     end
+
+    it 'adjusts the maximum size if the desired capacity is equal to it' do
+      @group.update(max_size: 1, desired_capacity: 1)
+      expect(@aws_ha_release.max_size_change).to eq 0
+
+      AWS::FakeAutoScaling::Group.any_instance.should_receive(:update).with({ max_size: 2 })
+      @aws_ha_release.execute!
+
+      expect(@aws_ha_release.max_size_change).to eq 1
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/support/fake_auto_scaling.rb b/spec/support/fake_auto_scaling.rb
index aad62e0..460b772 100644
--- a/spec/support/fake_auto_scaling.rb
+++ b/spec/support/fake_auto_scaling.rb
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ module AWS
     end
 
     class Group
-      attr_reader :name
+      attr_reader :name, :max_size, :desired_capacity
 
       def initialize(name)
         @name = name
         @suspended_processes = {}
+        @max_size = 2
+        @desired_capacity = 1
       end
 
       def suspend_processes(*processes)
@@ -34,6 +36,12 @@ module AWS
           @suspended_processes[process] = 'test'
         end
       end
+
+      def update(options = {})
+        options.each do |key, value|
+          self.instance_variable_set "@#{key}", value
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end