diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 618bb6ab9..aae72ba01 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Added
+
 - Make `compute_facet_owners(...)` more flexible, allowing the user to provide a function to select the owner from neighboring cells. Since PR[#1291](https://github.com/gridap/Gridap.jl/pull/1291).
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed type instability for tensor operations between `MultiValue` and scalars. Since PR[#1293](https://github.com/gridap/Gridap.jl/pull/1293).
+
 ## [0.20.5] - 2026-04-28
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/src/TensorValues/MultiValueTypes.jl b/src/TensorValues/MultiValueTypes.jl
index 47999353e..15c5cfc76 100644
--- a/src/TensorValues/MultiValueTypes.jl
+++ b/src/TensorValues/MultiValueTypes.jl
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ has 6 and a `SymTracelessTensorValue{3}` has 5. But they all have 9 (non indepen
 num_indep_components(::Type{T}) where T<:Number = num_components(T)
 num_indep_components(::T) where T<:Number = num_indep_components(T)
 
+get_indep_components(a::MultiValue) = Tuple(a)
+
 """
 !!! warning
     Deprecated in favor on [`num_components`](@ref).
diff --git a/src/TensorValues/Operations.jl b/src/TensorValues/Operations.jl
index 65ad3f53f..768857fce 100644
--- a/src/TensorValues/Operations.jl
+++ b/src/TensorValues/Operations.jl
@@ -86,14 +86,12 @@ for op in (:+,:-)
   @eval begin
 
     function ($op)(a::T) where T<:MultiValue
-      Li = num_indep_components(T)
-      r = map($op, Tuple(a)[1:Li])
+      r = map($op, get_indep_components(a))
       T(r)
     end
 
     function ($op)(a::V, b::V) where V<:MultiValue
-      Li = num_indep_components(V)
-      r = map(($op), Tuple(a)[1:Li], Tuple(b)[1:Li])
+      r = map(($op), get_indep_components(a), get_indep_components(b))
       V(r)
     end
   end
@@ -134,16 +132,14 @@ end
 for op in (:+,:-,:*)
   @eval begin
     function ($op)(a::MultiValue, b::_Scalar)
-      Li = num_indep_components(a)
-      r = _bc($op, Tuple(a)[1:Li], b)
+      r = _bc($op, get_indep_components(a), b)
       T = _eltype($op, r, a, b)
       M = change_eltype(a, T)
       M(r)
     end
 
     function ($op)(a::_Scalar, b::MultiValue)
-      Li = num_indep_components(b)
-      r = _bc($op, a, Tuple(b)[1:Li])
+      r = _bc($op, a, get_indep_components(b))
       T = _eltype($op, r, a, b)
       M = change_eltype(b, T)
       M(r)
@@ -159,8 +155,7 @@ _err = "This operation is undefined for traceless tensors"
 (-)(::_Scalar, ::_AbstractTracelessTensor) = error(_err)
 
 function (/)(a::MultiValue, b::_Scalar)
-  Li = num_indep_components(a)
-  r = _bc(/, Tuple(a)[1:Li], b)
+  r = _bc(/, get_indep_components(a), b)
   T = _eltype(/, r, a, b)
   P = change_eltype(a, T)
   P(r)
diff --git a/src/TensorValues/SymTracelessTensorValueTypes.jl b/src/TensorValues/SymTracelessTensorValueTypes.jl
index 8ddb80ffd..eba6c9787 100644
--- a/src/TensorValues/SymTracelessTensorValueTypes.jl
+++ b/src/TensorValues/SymTracelessTensorValueTypes.jl
@@ -141,3 +141,5 @@ change_eltype(::Type{SymTracelessTensorValue{D,T1,L}},::Type{T2}) where {D,T1,T2
 num_indep_components(::Type{<:SymTracelessTensorValue{0}}) = 0
 num_indep_components(::Type{<:SymTracelessTensorValue{D}}) where {D} = D*(D+1)÷2-1
 
+get_indep_components(a::SymTracelessTensorValue) = Base.front(Tuple(a))
+
diff --git a/test/TensorValuesTests/OperationsTests.jl b/test/TensorValuesTests/OperationsTests.jl
index b0b4f4e16..d7c38d9e5 100644
--- a/test/TensorValuesTests/OperationsTests.jl
+++ b/test/TensorValuesTests/OperationsTests.jl
@@ -1585,4 +1585,51 @@ ref4 = [sum(T3b[i,j,k]*B[i,k] for i in 1:3, k in 1:3) for j in 1:2]
 @test_throws ArgumentError tensor_contraction(VectorValue(1,2), VectorValue(1,2), (3,), (1,))
 @test_throws ArgumentError tensor_contraction(TensorValue{2,2}(1:4...), VectorValue(1,2), (1,1), (1,1))
 
+
+# promote_op
+
+function test_op_promote(T, op, args...)
+  @test Base.promote_op(op, map(typeof, args)...) == T
+end
+
+v  = VectorValue(1, 2, 3)
+t  = TensorValue(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
+st = SymTensorValue(1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9)
+qt = SymTracelessTensorValue(1, 2, 3, 5, 6)
+sk = SkewSymTensorValue(1, 2, 3)
+fo = one(SymFourthOrderTensorValue{2, Int})
+
+test_op_promote(typeof(v  * 2),   *, v,  2)
+test_op_promote(typeof(v  * 2.0), *, v,  2.0)
+test_op_promote(typeof(2  * v),   *, 2,  v)
+test_op_promote(typeof(2.0 * v),  *, 2.0, v)
+test_op_promote(typeof(t  * 2),   *, t,  2)
+test_op_promote(typeof(t  * 2.0), *, t,  2.0)
+test_op_promote(typeof(st * 2),   *, st, 2)
+test_op_promote(typeof(st * 2.0), *, st, 2.0)
+test_op_promote(typeof(qt * 2),   *, qt, 2)
+test_op_promote(typeof(qt * 2.0), *, qt, 2.0)
+test_op_promote(typeof(sk * 2),   *, sk, 2)
+test_op_promote(typeof(sk * 2.0), *, sk, 2.0)
+test_op_promote(typeof(fo * 2),   *, fo, 2)
+test_op_promote(typeof(fo * 2.0), *, fo, 2.0)
+
+test_op_promote(typeof(v  / 2.0), /, v,  2.0)
+test_op_promote(typeof(t  / 2.0), /, t,  2.0)
+test_op_promote(typeof(st / 2.0), /, st, 2.0)
+test_op_promote(typeof(qt / 2.0), /, qt, 2.0)
+test_op_promote(typeof(sk / 2.0), /, sk, 2.0)
+test_op_promote(typeof(fo / 2.0), /, fo, 2.0)
+
+test_op_promote(typeof(v  ⊗ 2),   ⊗, v,  2)
+test_op_promote(typeof(v  ⊗ 2.0), ⊗, v,  2.0)
+test_op_promote(typeof(st ⊗ 2.0), ⊗, st, 2.0)
+test_op_promote(typeof(qt ⊗ 2.0), ⊗, qt, 2.0)
+test_op_promote(typeof(sk ⊗ 2.0), ⊗, sk, 2.0)
+
+test_op_promote(typeof(v  ⊗ v),  ⊗, v,  v)
+test_op_promote(typeof(v  ⊗ st), ⊗, v,  st)
+test_op_promote(typeof(st ⊗ st), ⊗, st, st)
+test_op_promote(typeof(qt ⊗ qt), ⊗, qt, qt)
+
 end # module OperationsTests