diff --git a/hack/ci-resources.yaml b/hack/ci-resources.yaml
index c487a8b3..0ec19239 100644
--- a/hack/ci-resources.yaml
+++ b/hack/ci-resources.yaml
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ objects:
         type: RollingUpdate
       template:
         metadata:
+          annotations:
+            target.workload.openshift.io/management: '{"effect": "PreferredDuringScheduling"}'
           name: machine-ipam-controller
           namespace: openshift-machine-api
           labels:
diff --git a/manifests/ipam-deployment.yaml b/manifests/ipam-deployment.yaml
index ddb86106..9ef21726 100644
--- a/manifests/ipam-deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/ipam-deployment.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ spec:
     type: RollingUpdate
   template:
     metadata:
+      annotations:
+        target.workload.openshift.io/management: '{"effect": "PreferredDuringScheduling"}'
       name: machine-ipam-controller
       namespace: openshift-machine-api
       labels: