diff --git a/infrastructure/monitoring/release.yaml b/infrastructure/monitoring/release.yaml
index 19c73a321eb7b89f519f3dd96a78eac2ed30902e..b80b1ee34bc50270b799d58b3dd2c408a94ccd32 100644
--- a/infrastructure/monitoring/release.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/monitoring/release.yaml
@@ -232,5 +232,5 @@ data:
           runAsNonRoot: true
           runAsUser: 1000
           fsGroup: 2000
-        priorityClassName: ""
+        priorityClassName: "system-cluster-critical"
         thanos: {}