diff --git a/component/main.jsonnet b/component/main.jsonnet
index 09dae60..7e64e21 100644
--- a/component/main.jsonnet
+++ b/component/main.jsonnet
@@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ local canary = kube._Object('monitoring.appuio.io/v1beta1', 'SchedulerCanary', '
     interval: sliConfig.podStartInterval,
     maxPodCompletionTimeout: sliConfig.overallPodTimeout,
     podTemplate: {
-      metadata: {},
+      metadata: {
+        annotations: {
+          'cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict': 'true',
+        },
+      },
       spec: {
         affinity: {
           nodeAffinity: params.canary_node_affinity,
@@ -129,7 +133,11 @@ local storageCanaries = std.flattenArrays(std.filterMap(
           maxPodCompletionTimeout: p.maxPodCompletionTimeout,
           forbidParallelRuns: true,
           podTemplate: {
-            metadata: {},
+            metadata: {
+              annotations: {
+                'cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict': 'true',
+              },
+            },
             spec: {
               affinity: {
                 nodeAffinity: params.canary_node_affinity,
diff --git a/tests/golden/defaults/openshift4-slos/openshift4-slos/30_canary.yaml b/tests/golden/defaults/openshift4-slos/openshift4-slos/30_canary.yaml
index aff5a46..bea8bd0 100644
--- a/tests/golden/defaults/openshift4-slos/openshift4-slos/30_canary.yaml
+++ b/tests/golden/defaults/openshift4-slos/openshift4-slos/30_canary.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ spec:
   interval: 1m
   maxPodCompletionTimeout: 3m
   podTemplate:
-    metadata: {}
+    metadata:
+      annotations:
+        cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: 'true'
     spec:
       affinity:
         nodeAffinity:
diff --git a/tests/golden/defaults/openshift4-slos/openshift4-slos/32_storageCanary.yaml b/tests/golden/defaults/openshift4-slos/openshift4-slos/32_storageCanary.yaml
index ed6be70..4f1f3cb 100644
--- a/tests/golden/defaults/openshift4-slos/openshift4-slos/32_storageCanary.yaml
+++ b/tests/golden/defaults/openshift4-slos/openshift4-slos/32_storageCanary.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ spec:
   interval: 1m
   maxPodCompletionTimeout: 3m
   podTemplate:
-    metadata: {}
+    metadata:
+      annotations:
+        cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: 'true'
     spec:
       affinity:
         nodeAffinity:
@@ -93,7 +95,9 @@ spec:
   interval: 1m
   maxPodCompletionTimeout: 3m
   podTemplate:
-    metadata: {}
+    metadata:
+      annotations:
+        cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: 'true'
     spec:
       affinity:
         nodeAffinity:
@@ -160,7 +164,9 @@ spec:
   interval: 1m
   maxPodCompletionTimeout: 3m
   podTemplate:
-    metadata: {}
+    metadata:
+      annotations:
+        cluster-autoscaler.kubernetes.io/safe-to-evict: 'true'
     spec:
       affinity:
         nodeAffinity: