diff --git a/internal/validation/suite.go b/internal/validation/suite.go
index dfcf2f9..c4e04e1 100644
--- a/internal/validation/suite.go
+++ b/internal/validation/suite.go
@@ -79,15 +79,17 @@ func RunInstanceLifecycleValidation(t *testing.T, config ProviderConfig) {
 
 	t.Run("ValidateCreateInstance", func(t *testing.T) {
 		attrs := v1.CreateInstanceAttrs{}
+		selectedType := v1.InstanceType{}
 		for _, typ := range types {
 			if typ.IsAvailable {
 				attrs.InstanceType = typ.Type
 				attrs.Location = typ.Location
 				attrs.PublicKey = ssh.GetTestPublicKey()
+				selectedType = typ
 				break
 			}
 		}
-		instance, err := v1.ValidateCreateInstance(ctx, client, attrs)
+		instance, err := v1.ValidateCreateInstance(ctx, client, attrs, selectedType)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("ValidateCreateInstance failed: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/v1/instance.go b/v1/instance.go
index 82f4afb..d56a5e0 100644
--- a/v1/instance.go
+++ b/v1/instance.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ type CloudCreateTerminateInstance interface {
 	CloudInstanceReader
 }
 
-func ValidateCreateInstance(ctx context.Context, client CloudCreateTerminateInstance, attrs CreateInstanceAttrs) (*Instance, error) {
+func ValidateCreateInstance(ctx context.Context, client CloudCreateTerminateInstance, attrs CreateInstanceAttrs, selectedType InstanceType) (*Instance, error) { //nolint:gocyclo // ok
 	t0 := time.Now().Add(-time.Minute)
 	attrs.RefID = uuid.New().String()
 	name, err := makeDebuggableName(attrs.Name)
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ func ValidateCreateInstance(ctx context.Context, client CloudCreateTerminateInst
 	if attrs.InstanceType != "" && attrs.InstanceType != i.InstanceType {
 		validationErr = errors.Join(validationErr, fmt.Errorf("instanceType mismatch: %s != %s", attrs.InstanceType, i.InstanceType))
 	}
+	if selectedType.ID != "" && selectedType.ID != i.InstanceTypeID {
+		validationErr = errors.Join(validationErr, fmt.Errorf("instanceTypeID mismatch: %s != %s", selectedType.ID, i.InstanceTypeID))
+	}
 
 	return i, validationErr
 }
diff --git a/v1/providers/nebius/instance.go b/v1/providers/nebius/instance.go
index 5047341..6593313 100644
--- a/v1/providers/nebius/instance.go
+++ b/v1/providers/nebius/instance.go
@@ -334,15 +334,14 @@ func (c *NebiusClient) convertNebiusInstanceToV1(ctx context.Context, instance *
 		sshUser = "admin"
 	}
 
-	return &v1.Instance{
+	inst := &v1.Instance{
 		RefID:          refID,
 		CloudCredRefID: c.refID,
 		Name:           instance.Metadata.Name,
 		CloudID:        instanceID,
 		Location:       location,
 		CreatedAt:      createdAt,
-		InstanceType:   instanceTypeID,                    // Full instance type ID (e.g., "gpu-h100-sxm.8gpu-128vcpu-1600gb")
-		InstanceTypeID: v1.InstanceTypeID(instanceTypeID), // Same as InstanceType - required for dev-plane lookup
+		InstanceType:   instanceTypeID, // Full instance type ID (e.g., "gpu-h100-sxm.8gpu-128vcpu-1600gb")
 		ImageID:        imageFamily,
 		DiskSize:       units.Base2Bytes(diskSize),
 		DiskSizeBytes:  v1.NewBytes(v1.BytesValue(diskSize), v1.Byte), // diskSize is already in bytes from getBootDiskSize
@@ -355,7 +354,9 @@ func (c *NebiusClient) convertNebiusInstanceToV1(ctx context.Context, instance *
 		Hostname:  hostname,
 		SSHUser:   sshUser,
 		SSHPort:   22, // Standard SSH port
-	}, nil
+	}
+	inst.InstanceTypeID = v1.MakeGenericInstanceTypeIDFromInstance(*inst)
+	return inst, nil
 }
 
 // waitForInstanceRunning polls the instance until it reaches RUNNING state or fails