diff --git a/charts/amazon-cloudwatch-observability/templates/operator-deployment.yaml b/charts/amazon-cloudwatch-observability/templates/operator-deployment.yaml
index 7bc174a..63d6405 100644
--- a/charts/amazon-cloudwatch-observability/templates/operator-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/amazon-cloudwatch-observability/templates/operator-deployment.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,3 @@ spec:
           secretName: {{ template "amazon-cloudwatch-observability.certificateSecretName" . }}
       nodeSelector:
         kubernetes.io/os: linux
-      {{- with .Values.tolerations }}
-      tolerations: {{- toYaml . | nindent 6}}
-      {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/amazon-cloudwatch-observability/values.yaml b/charts/amazon-cloudwatch-observability/values.yaml
index 6fb058b..4dab5fc 100644
--- a/charts/amazon-cloudwatch-observability/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/amazon-cloudwatch-observability/values.yaml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ containerLogs:
       requests:
         cpu: 50m
         memory: 25Mi
-    priorityClassName: ""
+    priorityClassName: "system-node-critical"
     config:
       service: |
         [SERVICE]
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ agent:
       us-gov-east-1: 743662458514.dkr.ecr.us-gov-east-1.amazonaws.com
       us-gov-west-1: 743662458514.dkr.ecr.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com
   enabled: true
-  priorityClassName: ""
+  priorityClassName: "system-node-critical"
   resources:
     requests:
       memory: "128Mi"