diff --git a/apps/overlays/au-syd1/woodpecker/values.yaml b/apps/overlays/au-syd1/woodpecker/values.yaml
index f0a5575..c89853b 100644
--- a/apps/overlays/au-syd1/woodpecker/values.yaml
+++ b/apps/overlays/au-syd1/woodpecker/values.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ agent:
   replicaCount: 3
   env:
     WOODPECKER_MAX_WORKFLOWS: "8"
+    WOODPECKER_BACKEND_K8S_PRIORITY_CLASS: power
     WOODPECKER_BACKEND_K8S_STORAGE_CLASS: cephrbd-fast-delete
     WOODPECKER_BACKEND_K8S_VOLUME_SIZE: 10G
     WOODPECKER_BACKEND_K8S_STORAGE_RWX: false