diff --git a/.yamllint.yaml b/.yamllint.yaml
index 769cda16..08bf167f 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 1644d6bc..925a7394 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 - Add a dedicated per-rolegroup `-metrics` Service, which can be used to get Prometheus metrics ([#748]).
 - Expose more Prometheus metrics, such as successful or failed bundle loads and information about the OPA environment ([#748]).
+- Helm: Allow Pod `priorityClassName` to be configured ([#762]).
 
 ### Changed
 
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 [#748]: https://github.com/stackabletech/opa-operator/pull/748
 [#752]: https://github.com/stackabletech/opa-operator/pull/752
 [#754]: https://github.com/stackabletech/opa-operator/pull/754
+[#762]: https://github.com/stackabletech/opa-operator/pull/762
 
 ## [25.7.0] - 2025-07-23
 
diff --git a/deploy/helm/opa-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/deploy/helm/opa-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index d38e5c8e..60d9bdd9 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/opa-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/opa-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -97,3 +97,6 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- with .Values.priorityClassName }}
+      priorityClassName: {{ . }}
+      {{- end }}