diff --git a/templates/lava_job_template.jinja2 b/templates/lava_job_template.jinja2
index 1105245..2751dee 100644
--- a/templates/lava_job_template.jinja2
+++ b/templates/lava_job_template.jinja2
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ actions:
 {% endif %}
 device_type: {{ platform_config.name }}
 job_name: "[{{ instanceid|default('AKS')}}] {{ node.id }} {{ node.name }} {{ node.data.kernel_revision.describe }}"
-priority: 20
+priority: high
 timeouts:
   action:
     minutes: 10