diff --git a/incubator/kube-downscaler/Chart.yaml b/incubator/kube-downscaler/Chart.yaml
index ec132d00ac..b196d98f78 100644
--- a/incubator/kube-downscaler/Chart.yaml
+++ b/incubator/kube-downscaler/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: kube-downscaler
 apiVersion: v1
-version: 0.5.0
+version: 0.6.0
 appVersion: 20.5.0
 description: A Helm chart for kube-downscaler
 home: https://github.com/hjacobs/kube-downscaler
diff --git a/incubator/kube-downscaler/README.md b/incubator/kube-downscaler/README.md
index e1408e39af..76bf1460ab 100644
--- a/incubator/kube-downscaler/README.md
+++ b/incubator/kube-downscaler/README.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ The following tables lists the configurable parameters of the kube-downscaler ch
 | `excludedDeployments`     | Deployments to exclude from the downscaler                                                           | `[]`                                                              |
 | `excludedNamespaces`      | Namespaces to exclude from the downscaler                                                            | `[]`                                                              |
 | `extraArgs`               | Add extra args to docker command                                                                     | `[]`                                                              |
+| `priorityClassName`       | Specifies the pod's priority class name                                                              | `''`                                                              |
 
 > **Tip**: You can use the default [values.yaml](values.yaml)
 
diff --git a/incubator/kube-downscaler/templates/deployment.yaml b/incubator/kube-downscaler/templates/deployment.yaml
index be7daa3fc9..36561086a6 100644
--- a/incubator/kube-downscaler/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/incubator/kube-downscaler/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -69,3 +69,6 @@ spec:
 {{ toYaml . | indent 8 }}
     {{- end }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ if .Values.rbac.create }}{{ template "kube-downscaler.fullname" . }}{{ else }}"{{ .Values.rbac.serviceAccountName }}"{{ end }}
+      {{- if .Values.priorityClassName }}
+      priorityClassName: "{{ .Values.priorityClassName }}"
+      {{- end }}
diff --git a/incubator/kube-downscaler/values.yaml b/incubator/kube-downscaler/values.yaml
index 9894622317..1422992be1 100644
--- a/incubator/kube-downscaler/values.yaml
+++ b/incubator/kube-downscaler/values.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ rbac:
 
 image:
   repository: hjacobs/kube-downscaler
-  tag: 20.5.0
+  tag: 20.10.0
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
 resources:
@@ -64,3 +64,5 @@ affinity: {}
 podLabels: {}
 
 podAnnotations: {}
+
+priorityClassName: ""