diff --git a/bindata/assets/kube-apiserver/pod.yaml b/bindata/assets/kube-apiserver/pod.yaml
index c91a82868e..dd9a3943ea 100644
--- a/bindata/assets/kube-apiserver/pod.yaml
+++ b/bindata/assets/kube-apiserver/pod.yaml
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ spec:
         cpu: 10m
   terminationGracePeriodSeconds: {{.GracefulTerminationDuration}}
   hostNetwork: true
+  priority: 2000001000
   priorityClassName: system-node-critical
   tolerations:
   - operator: "Exists"