diff --git a/.github/workflows/operator.yaml b/.github/workflows/operator.yaml
index 5a8bb230f..3eec45023 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/operator.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/operator.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Lint Helm Chart
         run: helm lint dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator
-      - name: Download Pluto
+      - name: Install Pluto
         uses: FairwindsOps/pluto/github-action@v5.11.1
       - name: Check for deprecated APIs
         run: helm template --include-crds dask-operator dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator | pluto detect -
diff --git a/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/README.md b/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/README.md
index cd3552100..1b4530df2 100644
--- a/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/README.md
+++ b/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the Dask-kubernetes-ope
 | `nodeSelector` | Node selector | `{}` |
 | `tolerations` | Tolerations | `[]` |
 | `affinity` | Affinity | `{}` |
+| `priorityClassName` | Priority class | `null` |
 | `kopfArgs` | Command line flags to pass to kopf on start up | `["--all-namespaces"]` |
 | `metrics.scheduler.enabled` | Enable scheduler metrics. Pip package [prometheus-client](https://pypi.org/project/prometheus-client/) should be present on scheduler. | `false` |
 | `metrics.scheduler.serviceMonitor.enabled` | Enable scheduler servicemonitor. | `false` |
diff --git a/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index f4f22a9db..285259c0c 100644
--- a/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -68,3 +68,6 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- with .Values.priorityClassName }}
+      priorityClassName: {{ . | quote  }}
+      {{- end }}
diff --git a/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/values.yaml b/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/values.yaml
index d58264254..d4d863a55 100644
--- a/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/dask_kubernetes/operator/deployment/helm/dask-kubernetes-operator/values.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ tolerations: []  # Tolerations
 
 affinity: {}  # Affinity
 
+priorityClassName: null  # Priority class
+
 kopfArgs: # Command line flags to pass to kopf on start up
   - --all-namespaces
 
diff --git a/dask_kubernetes/operator/kubecluster/kubecluster.py b/dask_kubernetes/operator/kubecluster/kubecluster.py
index 575fdef11..d5891ab4a 100644
--- a/dask_kubernetes/operator/kubecluster/kubecluster.py
+++ b/dask_kubernetes/operator/kubecluster/kubecluster.py
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ class KubeCluster(Cluster):
         used to create the cluster instead of generating one from the other keyword arguments.
     scheduler_forward_port: int (optional)
         The port to use when forwarding the scheduler dashboard. Will utilize a random port by default
+    quiet: bool
+        If enabled, suppress all printed output.
+        Defaults to ``False``.
 
     **kwargs: dict
         Additional keyword arguments to pass to LocalCluster
@@ -175,6 +178,7 @@ def __init__(
         jupyter: bool = False,
         loop: Optional[IOLoop] = None,
         asynchronous: bool = False,
+        quiet: bool = False,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         name = dask.config.get("kubernetes.name", override_with=name)
@@ -258,7 +262,9 @@ def __init__(
         self._rich_spinner = Spinner("dots", speed=0.5)
         self._startup_component_status: dict = {}
 
-        super().__init__(name=name, loop=loop, asynchronous=asynchronous, **kwargs)
+        super().__init__(
+            name=name, loop=loop, asynchronous=asynchronous, quiet=quiet, **kwargs
+        )
 
         # If https://github.com/dask/distributed/pull/7941 is merged we can
         # simplify the next 8 lines to ``if not self.called_from_running_loop:``
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d7a850edf..665275ceb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ kubernetes-asyncio>=12.0.1
 kopf>=1.35.3
 pykube-ng>=22.9.0
 rich>=12.5.1
-kr8s>=0.9.0
+kr8s==0.9.0