diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ShareConsumeRequestManager.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ShareConsumeRequestManager.java
index 4ff391ecfc1d6..ac3f891288bf8 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ShareConsumeRequestManager.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ShareConsumeRequestManager.java
@@ -248,6 +248,27 @@ public PollResult poll(long currentTimeMs) {
             }
         });
 
+        // Iterate over the session handlers again to remove any partitions which are no longer
+        // being fetched and which also have no acknowledgements to send. This handles the case
+        // where a node has not otherwise been picked up in this poll, but we need to send a
+        // ShareFetch to remove the stale partitions from the share session.
+        sessionHandlers.forEach((nodeId, sessionHandler) -> {
+            Node node = cluster.nodeById(nodeId);
+            if (node != null && !handlerMap.containsKey(node) && !sessionHandler.sessionPartitionMap().isEmpty()) {
+                if (nodesWithPendingRequests.contains(node.id())) {
+                    log.trace("Skipping fetch because previous fetch request to {} has not been processed", nodeId);
+                } else {
+                    Set<TopicPartition> currentPartitionsToFetch = new HashSet<>(partitionsToFetch());
+                    boolean hasPartitionsToRemove = sessionHandler.sessionPartitions().stream()
+                        .anyMatch(tip -> !currentPartitionsToFetch.contains(tip.topicPartition()));
+                    if (hasPartitionsToRemove) {
+                        handlerMap.put(node, sessionHandler);
+                        log.debug("Added fetch request for previously subscribed partitions without acknowledgements to node {}", nodeId);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
         // Iterate over the share session handlers and build a list of UnsentRequests.
         List<UnsentRequest> requests = handlerMap.entrySet().stream().map(entry -> {
             Node target = entry.getKey();
diff --git a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ShareConsumeRequestManagerTest.java b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ShareConsumeRequestManagerTest.java
index ca8d0ca08655a..4530965a35d10 100644
--- a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ShareConsumeRequestManagerTest.java
+++ b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/ShareConsumeRequestManagerTest.java
@@ -1115,20 +1115,65 @@ public void testShareFetchWithSubscriptionChangeMultipleNodesEmptyAcknowledgemen
         // Change the subscription.
         subscriptions.assignFromSubscribed(List.of(tp1));
 
-        // Now we will be sending the request to node1 only as leader for tip1 is node1.
-        // We do not build the request for tip0 as there are no acknowledgements to send.
+        // We build a request to node 1 to fetch tip1, and a request to node 0 to remove tip0
+        // from the share session even though there are no acknowledgements to send.
         NetworkClientDelegate.PollResult pollResult = shareConsumeRequestManager.sendFetchesReturnPollResult();
-        assertEquals(1, pollResult.unsentRequests.size());
-        assertEquals(nodeId1, pollResult.unsentRequests.get(0).node().get());
+        assertEquals(2, pollResult.unsentRequests.size());
 
-        ShareFetchRequest.Builder builder = (ShareFetchRequest.Builder) pollResult.unsentRequests.get(0).requestBuilder();
+        ShareFetchRequest.Builder node0Builder, node1Builder;
+        if (pollResult.unsentRequests.get(0).node().get() == nodeId0) {
+            node0Builder = (ShareFetchRequest.Builder) pollResult.unsentRequests.get(0).requestBuilder();
+            node1Builder = (ShareFetchRequest.Builder) pollResult.unsentRequests.get(1).requestBuilder();
+            assertEquals(nodeId1, pollResult.unsentRequests.get(1).node().get());
+        } else {
+            node0Builder = (ShareFetchRequest.Builder) pollResult.unsentRequests.get(1).requestBuilder();
+            node1Builder = (ShareFetchRequest.Builder) pollResult.unsentRequests.get(0).requestBuilder();
+            assertEquals(nodeId0, pollResult.unsentRequests.get(1).node().get());
+            assertEquals(nodeId1, pollResult.unsentRequests.get(0).node().get());
+        }
 
-        assertEquals(1, builder.data().topics().size());
-        ShareFetchRequestData.FetchTopic fetchTopic = builder.data().topics().stream().findFirst().get();
+        // node1 fetches the newly assigned partition tip1.
+        assertEquals(1, node1Builder.data().topics().size());
+        ShareFetchRequestData.FetchTopic fetchTopic = node1Builder.data().topics().stream().findFirst().get();
         assertEquals(tip1.topicId(), fetchTopic.topicId());
         assertEquals(1, fetchTopic.partitions().size());
         assertEquals(1, fetchTopic.partitions().stream().findFirst().get().partitionIndex());
-        assertEquals(0, builder.data().forgottenTopicsData().size());
+        assertEquals(0, node1Builder.data().forgottenTopicsData().size());
+
+        // node0 removes tip0 from the share session and fetches nothing.
+        assertEquals(0, node0Builder.data().topics().size());
+        assertEquals(1, node0Builder.data().forgottenTopicsData().size());
+        assertEquals(tip0.topicId(), node0Builder.data().forgottenTopicsData().get(0).topicId());
+        assertEquals(1, node0Builder.data().forgottenTopicsData().get(0).partitions().size());
+        assertEquals(0, node0Builder.data().forgottenTopicsData().get(0).partitions().get(0));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testShareFetchRemovesUnassignedPartitionFromSession() {
+        buildRequestManager();
+
+        assignFromSubscribed(Set.of(tp0));
+
+        // Establish the share session by fetching from tp0.
+        sendFetchAndVerifyResponse(records, emptyAcquiredRecords, Errors.NONE);
+        fetchRecords();
+
+        // The partition is no longer assigned and there are no acknowledgements to send.
+        subscriptions.assignFromSubscribed(Set.of());
+
+        // We still build a ShareFetch to remove tip0 from the share session on the broker.
+        NetworkClientDelegate.PollResult pollResult = shareConsumeRequestManager.sendFetchesReturnPollResult();
+        assertEquals(1, pollResult.unsentRequests.size());
+
+        ShareFetchRequest.Builder builder = (ShareFetchRequest.Builder) pollResult.unsentRequests.get(0).requestBuilder();
+        assertEquals(0, builder.data().topics().size());
+        assertEquals(1, builder.data().forgottenTopicsData().size());
+        assertEquals(tip0.topicId(), builder.data().forgottenTopicsData().get(0).topicId());
+        assertEquals(1, builder.data().forgottenTopicsData().get(0).partitions().size());
+        assertEquals(0, builder.data().forgottenTopicsData().get(0).partitions().get(0));
+
+        // The partition has already been removed from the session, so no further ShareFetch is built.
+        assertEquals(0, shareConsumeRequestManager.sendFetches());
     }
 
     @Test