diff --git a/pkg/validations/createvalidations/createvalidations.go b/pkg/validations/createvalidations/createvalidations.go
index 7fbd879563e4..a42049530fdc 100644
--- a/pkg/validations/createvalidations/createvalidations.go
+++ b/pkg/validations/createvalidations/createvalidations.go
@@ -4,14 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/eks-anywhere/pkg/validations"
 )
 
-// string values of supported validation names that can be skipped.
-const (
-	VSphereUserPriv = "vsphere-user-privilege"
-)
-
 // SkippableValidations represents all the validations we offer for users to skip.
 var SkippableValidations = []string{
-	VSphereUserPriv,
+	validations.VSphereUserPriv,
 }
 
 func New(opts *validations.Opts) *CreateValidations {
diff --git a/pkg/validations/skipvalidations.go b/pkg/validations/skipvalidations.go
index af9467e9a5af..74d5272c21b2 100644
--- a/pkg/validations/skipvalidations.go
+++ b/pkg/validations/skipvalidations.go
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+// string values of supported validation names that can be skipped.
+const (
+	PDB             = "pod-disruption"
+	VSphereUserPriv = "vsphere-user-privilege"
+)
+
 // ValidSkippableValidationsMap returns a map for all valid skippable validations as keys, defaulting values to false.
 // Defaulting to False means these validations won't be skipped unless set to True.
 func validSkippableValidationsMap(skippableValidations []string) map[string]bool {
diff --git a/pkg/validations/skipvalidations_test.go b/pkg/validations/skipvalidations_test.go
index 15492a5b7034..d95369ddb4af 100644
--- a/pkg/validations/skipvalidations_test.go
+++ b/pkg/validations/skipvalidations_test.go
@@ -24,25 +24,26 @@ func TestValidateSkippableValidation(t *testing.T) {
 			want:                 nil,
 			wantErr:              fmt.Errorf("invalid validation name to be skipped. The supported validations that can be skipped using --skip-validations are %s", strings.Join(upgradevalidations.SkippableValidations[:], ",")),
 			skippedValidations:   []string{"test"},
-			skippableValidations: []string{upgradevalidations.PDB},
+			skippableValidations: upgradevalidations.SkippableValidations,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "valid upgrade validation param",
 			want: map[string]bool{
-				upgradevalidations.PDB: true,
+				validations.PDB:             true,
+				validations.VSphereUserPriv: false,
 			},
 			wantErr:              nil,
-			skippedValidations:   []string{upgradevalidations.PDB},
-			skippableValidations: []string{upgradevalidations.PDB},
+			skippedValidations:   []string{validations.PDB},
+			skippableValidations: upgradevalidations.SkippableValidations,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "valid create validation param",
 			want: map[string]bool{
-				createvalidations.VSphereUserPriv: true,
+				validations.VSphereUserPriv: true,
 			},
 			wantErr:              nil,
-			skippedValidations:   []string{createvalidations.VSphereUserPriv},
-			skippableValidations: []string{createvalidations.VSphereUserPriv},
+			skippedValidations:   []string{validations.VSphereUserPriv},
+			skippableValidations: createvalidations.SkippableValidations,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
diff --git a/pkg/validations/upgradevalidations/poddisruptionbudgets.go b/pkg/validations/upgradevalidations/poddisruptionbudgets.go
index 811e20871ff0..8f1ba844d25c 100644
--- a/pkg/validations/upgradevalidations/poddisruptionbudgets.go
+++ b/pkg/validations/upgradevalidations/poddisruptionbudgets.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func ValidatePodDisruptionBudgets(ctx context.Context, k validations.KubectlClie
 	}
 
 	if len(podDisruptionBudgets.Items) != 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("one or more pod disruption budgets were detected on the cluster. Use the --skip-validations=%s flag if you wish to skip the validations for pod disruption budgets and proceed with the upgrade operation", PDB)
+		return fmt.Errorf("one or more pod disruption budgets were detected on the cluster. Use the --skip-validations=%s flag if you wish to skip the validations for pod disruption budgets and proceed with the upgrade operation", validations.PDB)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/validations/upgradevalidations/poddisruptionbudgets_test.go b/pkg/validations/upgradevalidations/poddisruptionbudgets_test.go
index 0fd97acffb67..e5fcc0d6d269 100644
--- a/pkg/validations/upgradevalidations/poddisruptionbudgets_test.go
+++ b/pkg/validations/upgradevalidations/poddisruptionbudgets_test.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func TestValidatePodDisruptionBudgets(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			wantErr: fmt.Errorf("one or more pod disruption budgets were detected on the cluster. Use the --skip-validations=%s flag if you wish to skip the validations for pod disruption budgets and proceed with the upgrade operation", upgradevalidations.PDB),
+			wantErr: fmt.Errorf("one or more pod disruption budgets were detected on the cluster. Use the --skip-validations=%s flag if you wish to skip the validations for pod disruption budgets and proceed with the upgrade operation", validations.PDB),
 		},
 		{
 			name: "PDBs don't exist on cluster",
diff --git a/pkg/validations/upgradevalidations/preflightvalidations.go b/pkg/validations/upgradevalidations/preflightvalidations.go
index 254b95285d5f..69df88443d27 100644
--- a/pkg/validations/upgradevalidations/preflightvalidations.go
+++ b/pkg/validations/upgradevalidations/preflightvalidations.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (u *UpgradeValidations) PreflightValidations(ctx context.Context) []validat
 			})
 	}
 
-	if !u.Opts.SkippedValidations[PDB] {
+	if !u.Opts.SkippedValidations[validations.PDB] {
 		upgradeValidations = append(
 			upgradeValidations,
 			func() *validations.ValidationResult {
diff --git a/pkg/validations/upgradevalidations/upgradevalidations.go b/pkg/validations/upgradevalidations/upgradevalidations.go
index 8d5a455fa1fb..62690583e7bc 100644
--- a/pkg/validations/upgradevalidations/upgradevalidations.go
+++ b/pkg/validations/upgradevalidations/upgradevalidations.go
@@ -4,14 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/eks-anywhere/pkg/validations"
 )
 
-// string values of supported validation names that can be skipped.
-const (
-	PDB = "pod-disruption"
-)
-
 // SkippableValidations represents all the validations we offer for users to skip.
 var SkippableValidations = []string{
-	PDB,
+	validations.PDB,
+	validations.VSphereUserPriv,
 }
 
 func New(opts *validations.Opts) *UpgradeValidations {