diff --git a/owned-manifests/clusterapi-manager-controllers.yaml b/owned-manifests/clusterapi-manager-controllers.yaml
index 398485443..989547f93 100644
--- a/owned-manifests/clusterapi-manager-controllers.yaml
+++ b/owned-manifests/clusterapi-manager-controllers.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ spec:
         api: clusterapi
         k8s-app: controller
     spec:
+      priorityClassName: system-node-critical
       nodeSelector:
         node-role.kubernetes.io/master: ""
       tolerations:
@@ -79,4 +80,4 @@ spec:
         resources:
           requests:
             cpu: 10m
-            memory: 20Mi
\ No newline at end of file
+            memory: 20Mi