diff --git a/provider/aws/formation/service.json.tmpl b/provider/aws/formation/service.json.tmpl
index 0d207c257..d6f11b7ec 100644
--- a/provider/aws/formation/service.json.tmpl
+++ b/provider/aws/formation/service.json.tmpl
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@
           }
         },
       {{ end }}
-      {{ if .Autoscale }}
+      {{ if $.Autoscale }}
         "AutoscalingTarget": {
           "Type": "AWS::ApplicationAutoScaling::ScalableTarget",
           "Properties": {
@@ -568,15 +568,7 @@
           {{ if .Agent.Enabled }}
             "SchedulingStrategy": "DAEMON",
           {{ else }}
-            {{ if .Autoscale }}
-              {{ with $.CurrentDesiredCount }}
-                "DesiredCount": "{{.}}",
-              {{ else }}
-                "DesiredCount": "{{$.Service.Scale.Count.Min}}",
-              {{ end }}
-            {{ else }}
-              "DesiredCount": { "Ref": "Count" },
-            {{ end }}
+            "DesiredCount": { "Ref": "Count" },
             "SchedulingStrategy": "REPLICA",
             "PlacementStrategies": { "Fn::If": [ "FargateEither",
               { "Ref": "AWS::NoValue" },
diff --git a/provider/aws/releases.go b/provider/aws/releases.go
index 59a8046e7..357f64b50 100644
--- a/provider/aws/releases.go
+++ b/provider/aws/releases.go
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ func (p *Provider) ReleasePromote(app, id string, opts structs.ReleasePromoteOpt
 		tp[fmt.Sprintf("ResourceTemplate%s", upperName(r.Name))] = ou.Url
 	}
 
-	for _, s := range m.Services {
+	for i, s := range m.Services {
 		min := s.Deployment.Minimum
 		max := s.Deployment.Maximum
 
@@ -352,8 +352,19 @@ func (p *Provider) ReleasePromote(app, id string, opts structs.ReleasePromoteOpt
 			max = *opts.Max
 		}
 
+		stackAutoscale, err := p.stackParameter(p.Rack, "Autoscale")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		autoscale := false
+		if stackAutoscale == "Yes" {
+			autoscale = true
+		}
+
 		stp := map[string]interface{}{
 			"App":            r.App,
+			"Autoscale":      autoscale,
 			"Build":          tp["Build"],
 			"DeploymentMin":  min,
 			"DeploymentMax":  max,
@@ -364,6 +375,18 @@ func (p *Provider) ReleasePromote(app, id string, opts structs.ReleasePromoteOpt
 			"WildcardDomain": tp["WildcardDomain"],
 		}
 
+		data, err := formationTemplate("service", stp)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		ou, err := p.ObjectStore(app, "", bytes.NewReader(data), structs.ObjectStoreOptions{Presign: options.Bool(true)})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		tp[fmt.Sprintf("ServiceTemplate%s", upperName(s.Name))] = ou.Url
+
 		sarn, err := p.serviceArn(r.App, s.Name)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -378,22 +401,12 @@ func (p *Provider) ReleasePromote(app, id string, opts structs.ReleasePromoteOpt
 				return err
 			}
 
-			if len(res.Services) == 1 && res.Services[0].DesiredCount != nil {
-				stp["CurrentDesiredCount"] = *res.Services[0].DesiredCount
+			// when autoscale is on set m.Services[i].Scale.Count.Min to desired count
+			// since this is used to service count param from app
+			if autoscale && len(res.Services) == 1 && res.Services[0].DesiredCount != nil {
+				m.Services[i].Scale.Count.Min = int(*res.Services[0].DesiredCount)
 			}
 		}
-
-		data, err := formationTemplate("service", stp)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		ou, err := p.ObjectStore(app, "", bytes.NewReader(data), structs.ObjectStoreOptions{Presign: options.Bool(true)})
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		tp[fmt.Sprintf("ServiceTemplate%s", upperName(s.Name))] = ou.Url
 	}
 
 	for _, t := range m.Timers {
@@ -427,6 +440,7 @@ func (p *Provider) ReleasePromote(app, id string, opts structs.ReleasePromoteOpt
 		tp[fmt.Sprintf("TimerTemplate%s", upperName(t.Name))] = ou.Url
 	}
 
+	// m.Services[i].Scale.Count.Min is mutated if service autoscaling is used
 	data, err := formationTemplate("app", tp)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/provider/aws/service.go b/provider/aws/service.go
index 3cdafd490..d1ca4510f 100644
--- a/provider/aws/service.go
+++ b/provider/aws/service.go
@@ -260,5 +260,23 @@ func (p *Provider) ServiceUpdate(app, name string, opts structs.ServiceUpdateOpt
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if opts.Count != nil {
+		sarn, err := p.serviceArn(app, name)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if sarn != "" {
+			_, err := p.ecs().UpdateService(&ecs.UpdateServiceInput{
+				Cluster:      aws.String(p.Cluster),
+				Service:      aws.String(sarn),
+				DesiredCount: aws.Int64(int64(*opts.Count)),
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }