diff --git a/pkg/kotsadm/objects/minio_objects.go b/pkg/kotsadm/objects/minio_objects.go
index f96e7f2651..868a9c8147 100644
--- a/pkg/kotsadm/objects/minio_objects.go
+++ b/pkg/kotsadm/objects/minio_objects.go
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ func MinioStatefulset(deployOptions types.DeployOptions, size resource.Quantity)
 					},
 				},
 				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
+					Affinity: &corev1.Affinity{
+						NodeAffinity: defaultKOTSNodeAffinity(),
+					},
 					SecurityContext:  securityContext,
 					ImagePullSecrets: pullSecrets,
 					InitContainers:   initContainers,
diff --git a/pkg/kotsadm/objects/rqlite_objects.go b/pkg/kotsadm/objects/rqlite_objects.go
index 21dd4fa8d8..4d77241064 100644
--- a/pkg/kotsadm/objects/rqlite_objects.go
+++ b/pkg/kotsadm/objects/rqlite_objects.go
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ func RqliteStatefulset(deployOptions types.DeployOptions, size resource.Quantity
 					ImagePullSecrets: pullSecrets,
 					Volumes:          volumes,
 					Affinity: &corev1.Affinity{
+						NodeAffinity: defaultKOTSNodeAffinity(),
 						PodAntiAffinity: &corev1.PodAntiAffinity{
 							RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution: []corev1.PodAffinityTerm{
 								{