diff --git a/pkg/addons/assets/nvidia-device-plugin.yaml b/pkg/addons/assets/nvidia-device-plugin.yaml
index 20cf248d02..681c23de21 100644
--- a/pkg/addons/assets/nvidia-device-plugin.yaml
+++ b/pkg/addons/assets/nvidia-device-plugin.yaml
@@ -25,18 +25,10 @@ spec:
     type: RollingUpdate
   template:
     metadata:
-      # This annotation is deprecated. Kept here for backward compatibility
-      # See https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/guaranteed-scheduling-critical-addon-pods/
-      annotations:
-        scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod: ""
       labels:
         name: nvidia-device-plugin-ds
     spec:
       tolerations:
-      # This toleration is deprecated. Kept here for backward compatibility
-      # See https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/guaranteed-scheduling-critical-addon-pods/
-      - key: CriticalAddonsOnly
-        operator: Exists
       - key: nvidia.com/gpu
         operator: Exists
         effect: NoSchedule
@@ -46,18 +38,19 @@ spec:
       # See https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/guaranteed-scheduling-critical-addon-pods/
       priorityClassName: "system-node-critical"
       containers:
-      - image: nvcr.io/nvidia/k8s-device-plugin:v0.9.0
+      - image: nvcr.io/nvidia/k8s-device-plugin:v0.16.0
         name: nvidia-device-plugin-ctr
-        args: ["--fail-on-init-error=false"]
+        env:
+          - name: FAIL_ON_INIT_ERROR
+            value: "false"
         securityContext:
           allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
           capabilities:
             drop: ["ALL"]
         volumeMounts:
-          - name: device-plugin
-            mountPath: /var/lib/kubelet/device-plugins
-      volumes:
         - name: device-plugin
-          hostPath:
-            path: /var/lib/kubelet/device-plugins
-
+          mountPath: /var/lib/kubelet/device-plugins
+      volumes:
+      - name: device-plugin
+        hostPath:
+          path: /var/lib/kubelet/device-plugins