diff --git a/test/extended/pods/priorityclasses.go b/test/extended/pods/priorityclasses.go
index 31bdddbc8399..9aee18b41f89 100644
--- a/test/extended/pods/priorityclasses.go
+++ b/test/extended/pods/priorityclasses.go
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ package pods
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	o "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	e2e "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
@@ -88,6 +90,37 @@ var _ = Describe("[sig-arch] Managed cluster should", func() {
 	})
 })
 
+var _ = Describe("[sig-node] Pod priority should match the default priorityClassName values", func() {
+	defer GinkgoRecover()
+	var (
+		oc                           = exutil.NewCLI("priority-class-name")
+		systemNodeCriticalPodFile    = filepath.Join("testdata", "priority-class-name", "system-node-critical.yaml")
+		systemClusterCriticalPodFile = filepath.Join("testdata", "priority-class-name", "system-cluster-critical.yaml")
+	)
+
+	It("system-node-critical=2000001000", func() {
+		By("creating the pods")
+		err := oc.Run("create").Args("-f", systemNodeCriticalPodFile).Execute()
+		o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
+
+		By("checking the pod priority")
+		out, err := oc.Run("get").Args("pods/pod-with-system-node-critical-priority-class").Template("{{.spec.priority}}").Output()
+		o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
+		o.Expect(out).To(o.Equal("2000001000"))
+	})
+
+	It("system-cluster-critical=2000000000", func() {
+		By("creating the pods")
+		err := oc.Run("create").Args("-f", systemClusterCriticalPodFile).Execute()
+		o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
+
+		By("checking the pod priority")
+		out, err := oc.Run("get").Args("pods/pod-with-system-cluster-critical-priority-class").Template("{{.spec.priority}}").Output()
+		o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
+		o.Expect(out).To(o.Equal("2000000000"))
+	})
+})
+
 func hasPrefixSet(name string, set sets.String) bool {
 	for _, prefix := range set.List() {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(name, prefix) {
diff --git a/test/extended/testdata/priority-class-name/system-cluster-critical.yaml b/test/extended/testdata/priority-class-name/system-cluster-critical.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..03aa0ca7f824
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/extended/testdata/priority-class-name/system-cluster-critical.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+kind: Template
+apiVersion: template.openshift.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: template
+objects:
+- kind: Pod
+  apiVersion: v1
+  metadata:
+    name: pod-with-system-cluster-critical-priority-class
+  spec:
+    containers:
+    - name: new-container
+      image: busybox
+      command:
+      - ls
+    priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical
diff --git a/test/extended/testdata/priority-class-name/system-node-critical.yaml b/test/extended/testdata/priority-class-name/system-node-critical.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c66de7b2f337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/extended/testdata/priority-class-name/system-node-critical.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+kind: Template
+apiVersion: template.openshift.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: template
+objects:
+- kind: Pod
+  apiVersion: v1
+  metadata:
+    name: pod-with-system-node-critical-priority-class
+  spec:
+    containers:
+    - name: new-container
+      image: busybox
+      command:
+      - ls
+    priorityClassName: system-node-critical
diff --git a/test/extended/util/annotate/generated/zz_generated.annotations.go b/test/extended/util/annotate/generated/zz_generated.annotations.go
index 7defb7c82eca..991693bab650 100644
--- a/test/extended/util/annotate/generated/zz_generated.annotations.go
+++ b/test/extended/util/annotate/generated/zz_generated.annotations.go
@@ -1947,6 +1947,10 @@ var Annotations = map[string]string{
 
 	"[sig-node] Managed cluster should verify that nodes have no unexpected reboots [Late]": " [Suite:openshift/conformance/parallel]",
 
+	"[sig-node] Pod priority should match the default priorityClassName values system-cluster-critical=2000000000": " [Suite:openshift/conformance/parallel]",
+
+	"[sig-node] Pod priority should match the default priorityClassName values system-node-critical=2000001000": " [Suite:openshift/conformance/parallel]",
+
 	"[sig-node] [Conformance] Prevent openshift node labeling on update by the node TestOpenshiftNodeLabeling": " [Suite:openshift/conformance/parallel/minimal]",
 
 	"[sig-node] [FeatureGate:ImageVolume] ImageVolume should fail when image does not exist": " [Suite:openshift/conformance/parallel]",