diff --git a/bindata/assets/kube-apiserver/pod.yaml b/bindata/assets/kube-apiserver/pod.yaml
index e8f0f1d5c6..dd8cf7e84d 100644
--- a/bindata/assets/kube-apiserver/pod.yaml
+++ b/bindata/assets/kube-apiserver/pod.yaml
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ spec:
       readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
   terminationGracePeriodSeconds: {{.GracefulTerminationDuration}}
   hostNetwork: true
+  priority: 2000001000
   priorityClassName: system-node-critical
   tolerations:
   - operator: "Exists"