diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-node/node-kubelet.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-node/node-kubelet.yaml
index 7c07cb823da5..9d310824e593 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-node/node-kubelet.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes/sig-node/node-kubelet.yaml
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ periodics:
       - --node-args=--image-config-file=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/test-infra/jobs/e2e_node/containerd/containerd-main/systemd/image-config.yaml
       - --deployment=node
       - --gcp-zone=us-west1-b
-      - '--node-test-args=--standalone-mode=true --feature-gates=AllAlpha=true --container-runtime-endpoint=unix:///run/containerd/containerd.sock --container-runtime-process-name=/home/containerd/usr/local/bin/containerd --container-runtime-pid-file= --kubelet-flags="--cgroup-driver=systemd --cgroups-per-qos=true --cgroup-root=/ --runtime-cgroups=/system.slice/containerd.service"'
+      - '--node-test-args=--standalone-mode=true --feature-gates=AllAlpha=true,EventedPLEG=false --container-runtime-endpoint=unix:///run/containerd/containerd.sock --container-runtime-process-name=/home/containerd/usr/local/bin/containerd --container-runtime-pid-file= --kubelet-flags="--cgroup-driver=systemd --cgroups-per-qos=true --cgroup-root=/ --runtime-cgroups=/system.slice/containerd.service"'
       - --node-tests=true
       - --provider=gce
       - --test_args=--nodes=8 --focus="\[Feature:StandaloneMode\]" --skip="\[Flaky\]|\[Serial\]"