diff --git a/gitops/components/multus/overlays/multus-daemonset-tolerations.yaml b/gitops/components/multus/overlays/multus-daemonset-tolerations.yaml
index 723c8e8..563e047 100644
--- a/gitops/components/multus/overlays/multus-daemonset-tolerations.yaml
+++ b/gitops/components/multus/overlays/multus-daemonset-tolerations.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     spec:
+      priorityClassName: system-node-critical
       tolerations:
         - effect: NoSchedule
           operator: Exists