diff --git a/config/master/cni-metrics-helper-cn.yaml b/config/master/cni-metrics-helper-cn.yaml
index 9f37df5993f..0c69af13e5d 100644
--- a/config/master/cni-metrics-helper-cn.yaml
+++ b/config/master/cni-metrics-helper-cn.yaml
@@ -66,3 +66,5 @@ spec:
         name: cni-metrics-helper
         image: "961992271922.dkr.ecr.cn-northwest-1.amazonaws.com.cn/cni-metrics-helper:v1.11.2"
       serviceAccountName: cni-metrics-helper
+      nodeSelector: 
+        kubernetes.io/os: "linux"
diff --git a/config/master/cni-metrics-helper-us-gov-east-1.yaml b/config/master/cni-metrics-helper-us-gov-east-1.yaml
index 5fd80f8622c..c3b6091f0b2 100644
--- a/config/master/cni-metrics-helper-us-gov-east-1.yaml
+++ b/config/master/cni-metrics-helper-us-gov-east-1.yaml
@@ -66,3 +66,5 @@ spec:
         name: cni-metrics-helper
         image: "151742754352.dkr.ecr.us-gov-east-1.amazonaws.com/cni-metrics-helper:v1.11.2"
       serviceAccountName: cni-metrics-helper
+      nodeSelector: 
+        kubernetes.io/os: "linux"
diff --git a/config/master/cni-metrics-helper-us-gov-west-1.yaml b/config/master/cni-metrics-helper-us-gov-west-1.yaml
index 9a98f74bed2..15ce300654a 100644
--- a/config/master/cni-metrics-helper-us-gov-west-1.yaml
+++ b/config/master/cni-metrics-helper-us-gov-west-1.yaml
@@ -66,3 +66,5 @@ spec:
         name: cni-metrics-helper
         image: "013241004608.dkr.ecr.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/cni-metrics-helper:v1.11.2"
       serviceAccountName: cni-metrics-helper
+      nodeSelector: 
+        kubernetes.io/os: "linux"
diff --git a/config/master/cni-metrics-helper.yaml b/config/master/cni-metrics-helper.yaml
index 01195a08528..1219ceb2d01 100644
--- a/config/master/cni-metrics-helper.yaml
+++ b/config/master/cni-metrics-helper.yaml
@@ -66,3 +66,5 @@ spec:
         name: cni-metrics-helper
         image: "602401143452.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cni-metrics-helper:v1.11.2"
       serviceAccountName: cni-metrics-helper
+      nodeSelector: 
+        kubernetes.io/os: "linux"
diff --git a/test/helm/charts/cni-metrics-helper/values.yaml b/test/helm/charts/cni-metrics-helper/values.yaml
index 60591b6f370..fed57523be2 100644
--- a/test/helm/charts/cni-metrics-helper/values.yaml
+++ b/test/helm/charts/cni-metrics-helper/values.yaml
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ autoscaling:
   targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 80
   # targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage: 80
 
-nodeSelector: {}
+nodeSelector:
+  kubernetes.io/os: "linux"
 
 tolerations: []