diff --git a/templates/master/01-master-kubelet/_base/files/criometricsproxy.yaml b/templates/master/01-master-kubelet/_base/files/criometricsproxy.yaml
index 79c01086ca..17ed1ffc8d 100644
--- a/templates/master/01-master-kubelet/_base/files/criometricsproxy.yaml
+++ b/templates/master/01-master-kubelet/_base/files/criometricsproxy.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ contents:
       namespace: openshift-machine-config-operator
       annotations:
         target.workload.openshift.io/management: '{"effect": "PreferredDuringScheduling"}'
+        openshift.io/required-scc: privileged
     spec:
       volumes:
       - name: etc-kube
diff --git a/templates/worker/01-worker-kubelet/_base/files/criometricsproxy.yaml b/templates/worker/01-worker-kubelet/_base/files/criometricsproxy.yaml
index 79c01086ca..17ed1ffc8d 100644
--- a/templates/worker/01-worker-kubelet/_base/files/criometricsproxy.yaml
+++ b/templates/worker/01-worker-kubelet/_base/files/criometricsproxy.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ contents:
       namespace: openshift-machine-config-operator
       annotations:
         target.workload.openshift.io/management: '{"effect": "PreferredDuringScheduling"}'
+        openshift.io/required-scc: privileged
     spec:
       volumes:
       - name: etc-kube