diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/manifests/haproxy.manifest.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/manifests/haproxy.manifest.j2
index 78572b411..c940fbbcf 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/manifests/haproxy.manifest.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/manifests/haproxy.manifest.j2
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ spec:
   dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
   nodeSelector:
     kubernetes.io/os: linux
-{# Static pods do not support priorityClassName, so set the numeric priority of
-   system-node-critical directly, otherwise kubelet may evict this pod early:
-   https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/node-pressure-eviction/#pod-selection-for-kubelet-eviction #}
+{# Set both, like kubeadm. The kubelet does not resolve priorityClassName for static pods,
+   and the API server rejects the mirror pod when priority does not match the class. #}
   priority: 2000001000
+  priorityClassName: system-node-critical
   containers:
   - name: haproxy
     image: {{ haproxy_image_repo }}:{{ haproxy_image_tag }}
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/manifests/kube-vip.manifest.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/manifests/kube-vip.manifest.j2
index 69395fab1..93d8f1517 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/manifests/kube-vip.manifest.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/manifests/kube-vip.manifest.j2
@@ -144,10 +144,10 @@ spec:
     - kubernetes
     ip: 127.0.0.1
   hostNetwork: true
-{# Static pods do not support priorityClassName, so set the numeric priority of
-   system-node-critical directly, otherwise kubelet may evict this pod early:
-   https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/node-pressure-eviction/#pod-selection-for-kubelet-eviction #}
+{# Set both, like kubeadm. The kubelet does not resolve priorityClassName for static pods,
+   and the API server rejects the mirror pod when priority does not match the class. #}
   priority: 2000001000
+  priorityClassName: system-node-critical
   volumes:
   - hostPath:
       path: /etc/kubernetes/{{kube_vip_admin_conf}}
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/manifests/nginx-proxy.manifest.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/manifests/nginx-proxy.manifest.j2
index 4064455bf..369b9828f 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/manifests/nginx-proxy.manifest.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/manifests/nginx-proxy.manifest.j2
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ spec:
   dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
   nodeSelector:
     kubernetes.io/os: linux
-{# Static pods do not support priorityClassName, so set the numeric priority of
-   system-node-critical directly, otherwise kubelet may evict this pod early:
-   https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/node-pressure-eviction/#pod-selection-for-kubelet-eviction #}
+{# Set both, like kubeadm. The kubelet does not resolve priorityClassName for static pods,
+   and the API server rejects the mirror pod when priority does not match the class. #}
   priority: 2000001000
+  priorityClassName: system-node-critical
   containers:
   - name: nginx-proxy
     image: {{ nginx_image_repo }}:{{ nginx_image_tag }}