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 9a7e8e05..42310623 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 - Add a flag to determine if database initialization steps should be executed ([#669]).
 - Add new roles for dag-processor and triggerer processes ([#679]).
 - Added a note on webserver workers to the trouble-shooting section ([#685]).
+- Helm: Allow Pod `priorityClassName` to be configured ([#687]).
 
 ### Fixed
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
 [#679]: https://github.com/stackabletech/airflow-operator/pull/679
 [#683]: https://github.com/stackabletech/airflow-operator/pull/683
 [#685]: https://github.com/stackabletech/airflow-operator/pull/685
+[#687]: https://github.com/stackabletech/airflow-operator/pull/687
 
 ## [25.7.0] - 2025-07-23
 
diff --git a/deploy/helm/airflow-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/deploy/helm/airflow-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index 8615cd70..4601af6f 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/airflow-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/airflow-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -95,3 +95,6 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- with .Values.priorityClassName }}
+      priorityClassName: {{ . }}
+      {{- end }}