diff --git a/pkg/controllers/termination/eviction.go b/pkg/controllers/termination/eviction.go
index 107c771742ef..c77267607ee9 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/termination/eviction.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/termination/eviction.go
@@ -112,5 +112,6 @@ func (e *EvictionQueue) evict(ctx context.Context, nn types.NamespacedName) bool
 		logging.FromContext(ctx).Errorf("evicting pod, %s", err)
 		return false
 	}
+	e.recorder.EvictPod(&v1.Pod{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: nn.Name, Namespace: nn.Namespace}})
 	return true
 }
diff --git a/pkg/events/dedupe.go b/pkg/events/dedupe.go
index 312bade3c771..f11669491b00 100644
--- a/pkg/events/dedupe.go
+++ b/pkg/events/dedupe.go
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ func (d *dedupe) NominatePod(pod *v1.Pod, node *v1.Node) {
 	d.rec.NominatePod(pod, node)
 }
 
+func (d *dedupe) EvictPod(pod *v1.Pod) {
+	key := fmt.Sprintf("evict-pod-%s", pod.Name)
+	if _, exists := d.cache.Get(key); exists {
+		return
+	}
+	d.cache.SetDefault(key, nil)
+	d.rec.EvictPod(pod)
+}
+
 func (d *dedupe) PodFailedToSchedule(pod *v1.Pod, err error) {
 	key := fmt.Sprintf("failed-to-schedule-%s-%s", pod.Name, err.Error())
 	if _, exists := d.cache.Get(key); exists {
diff --git a/pkg/events/recorder.go b/pkg/events/recorder.go
index a84f1df53ae3..749b579c41ba 100644
--- a/pkg/events/recorder.go
+++ b/pkg/events/recorder.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ type Recorder interface {
 	// NominatePod is called when we have determined that a pod should schedule against an existing node and don't
 	// currently need to provision new capacity for the pod.
 	NominatePod(*v1.Pod, *v1.Node)
+	// EvictedPod is called when a pod is evicted
+	EvictPod(*v1.Pod)
 	// PodFailedToSchedule is called when a pod has failed to schedule entirely.
 	PodFailedToSchedule(*v1.Pod, error)
 	// NodeFailedToDrain is called when a pod causes a node draining to fail
@@ -40,7 +42,11 @@ func NewRecorder(rec record.EventRecorder) Recorder {
 }
 
 func (r recorder) NominatePod(pod *v1.Pod, node *v1.Node) {
-	r.rec.Eventf(pod, "Normal", "NominatePod", "Pod should schedule on %s", node.Name)
+	r.rec.Eventf(pod, "Normal", "Nominate", "Pod should schedule on %s", node.Name)
+}
+
+func (r recorder) EvictPod(pod *v1.Pod) {
+	r.rec.Eventf(pod, "Normal", "Evict", "Evicted pod")
 }
 
 func (r recorder) PodFailedToSchedule(pod *v1.Pod, err error) {
diff --git a/pkg/test/eventrecorder.go b/pkg/test/eventrecorder.go
index 39c1de71b6d6..58b2c77d1e60 100644
--- a/pkg/test/eventrecorder.go
+++ b/pkg/test/eventrecorder.go
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ func (e *EventRecorder) NominatePod(pod *v1.Pod, node *v1.Node) {
 	defer e.mu.Unlock()
 	e.bindings = append(e.bindings, Binding{pod, node})
 }
+
+func (e *EventRecorder) EvictPod(pod *v1.Pod) {}
+
 func (e *EventRecorder) PodFailedToSchedule(pod *v1.Pod, err error) {}
 
 func (e *EventRecorder) NodeFailedToDrain(node *v1.Node, err error) {}
diff --git a/test/suites/integration/cni_test.go b/test/suites/integration/cni_test.go
index fa8fffbf7358..aaa2dcbc6284 100644
--- a/test/suites/integration/cni_test.go
+++ b/test/suites/integration/cni_test.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package integration_test
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ec2"
 	"github.com/aws/karpenter/pkg/apis/awsnodetemplate/v1alpha1"