diff --git a/pkg/controller/template/test_data/templates/aws/master/units/kubelet.service b/pkg/controller/template/test_data/templates/aws/master/units/kubelet.service
index 1607aa25e6..039551997d 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/template/test_data/templates/aws/master/units/kubelet.service
+++ b/pkg/controller/template/test_data/templates/aws/master/units/kubelet.service
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ contents: |
         --bootstrap-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig \
         --kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig \
         --rotate-certificates \
+        --serialize-image-pulls=false \
         --container-runtime=remote \
         --container-runtime-endpoint=unix:///var/run/crio/crio.sock \
         --runtime-request-timeout=${KUBELET_RUNTIME_REQUEST_TIMEOUT} \
diff --git a/pkg/controller/template/test_data/templates/aws/worker/units/kubelet.service b/pkg/controller/template/test_data/templates/aws/worker/units/kubelet.service
index 230e2ba8a6..ba2ce5fbb4 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/template/test_data/templates/aws/worker/units/kubelet.service
+++ b/pkg/controller/template/test_data/templates/aws/worker/units/kubelet.service
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ contents: |
         --bootstrap-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig \
         --kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig \
         --rotate-certificates \
+        --serialize-image-pulls=false \
         --container-runtime=remote \
         --container-runtime-endpoint=unix:///var/run/crio/crio.sock \
         --runtime-request-timeout=${KUBELET_RUNTIME_REQUEST_TIMEOUT} \
diff --git a/pkg/controller/template/test_data/templates/libvirt/master/units/kubelet.service b/pkg/controller/template/test_data/templates/libvirt/master/units/kubelet.service
index ab1cd1a3db..dd633c12e3 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/template/test_data/templates/libvirt/master/units/kubelet.service
+++ b/pkg/controller/template/test_data/templates/libvirt/master/units/kubelet.service
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ contents: |
         --bootstrap-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig \
         --kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig \
         --rotate-certificates \
+        --serialize-image-pulls=false \
         --container-runtime=remote \
         --container-runtime-endpoint=unix:///var/run/crio/crio.sock \
         --runtime-request-timeout=${KUBELET_RUNTIME_REQUEST_TIMEOUT} \
diff --git a/pkg/controller/template/test_data/templates/libvirt/worker/units/kubelet.service b/pkg/controller/template/test_data/templates/libvirt/worker/units/kubelet.service
index 6faf0ccf01..29292b37b8 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/template/test_data/templates/libvirt/worker/units/kubelet.service
+++ b/pkg/controller/template/test_data/templates/libvirt/worker/units/kubelet.service
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ contents: |
         --bootstrap-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig \
         --kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig \
         --rotate-certificates \
+        --serialize-image-pulls=false \
         --container-runtime=remote \
         --container-runtime-endpoint=unix:///var/run/crio/crio.sock \
         --runtime-request-timeout=${KUBELET_RUNTIME_REQUEST_TIMEOUT} \
diff --git a/templates/_base/master/units/kubelet.yaml b/templates/_base/master/units/kubelet.yaml
index f57a45cab3..d8c27bf05d 100644
--- a/templates/_base/master/units/kubelet.yaml
+++ b/templates/_base/master/units/kubelet.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ contents: |
         --bootstrap-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig \
         --kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig \
         --rotate-certificates \
+        --serialize-image-pulls=false \
         --container-runtime=remote \
         --container-runtime-endpoint=unix:///var/run/crio/crio.sock \
         --runtime-request-timeout=${KUBELET_RUNTIME_REQUEST_TIMEOUT} \
diff --git a/templates/_base/worker/units/kubelet.yaml b/templates/_base/worker/units/kubelet.yaml
index bad373f82c..4ded9aa0e5 100644
--- a/templates/_base/worker/units/kubelet.yaml
+++ b/templates/_base/worker/units/kubelet.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ contents: |
         --bootstrap-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig \
         --kubeconfig=/var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig \
         --rotate-certificates \
+        --serialize-image-pulls=false \
         --container-runtime=remote \
         --container-runtime-endpoint=unix:///var/run/crio/crio.sock \
         --runtime-request-timeout=${KUBELET_RUNTIME_REQUEST_TIMEOUT} \