diff --git a/.yamllint.yaml b/.yamllint.yaml
index 769cda1..08bf167 100644
--- a/.yamllint.yaml
+++ b/.yamllint.yaml
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ rules:
     min-spaces-from-content: 1  # Needed due to https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint/issues/443
   indentation:
     indent-sequences: consistent
+  comments-indentation: disable # This is generally useless and interferes with commented example values
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6bd966e..a8858a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Helm: Allow Pod `priorityClassName` to be configured ([#376]).
+
 ### Changed
 
 - Reduce severity of Pod eviction errors. Previously, the operator would produce lot's of
@@ -11,6 +15,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
   error is reduced to an info instead ([#372]).
 
 [#372]: https://github.com/stackabletech/commons-operator/pull/372
+[#376]: https://github.com/stackabletech/commons-operator/pull/376
 
 ## [25.7.0] - 2025-07-23
 
diff --git a/deploy/helm/commons-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/deploy/helm/commons-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index 8615cd7..4601af6 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/commons-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/commons-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -95,3 +95,6 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- with .Values.priorityClassName }}
+      priorityClassName: {{ . }}
+      {{- end }}