diff --git a/manifests/nvidia-device-plugin/nvidia-device-plugin.yaml b/manifests/nvidia-device-plugin/nvidia-device-plugin.yaml
index 940a6ce..c9463d3 100644
--- a/manifests/nvidia-device-plugin/nvidia-device-plugin.yaml
+++ b/manifests/nvidia-device-plugin/nvidia-device-plugin.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ spec:
       # be rescheduled after a failure.
       # See https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/guaranteed-scheduling-critical-addon-pods/
       priorityClassName: "system-node-critical"
+      # Use NVIDIA runtime to provide GPU device access
+      runtimeClassName: nvidia
       containers:
       - image: nvcr.io/nvidia/k8s-device-plugin:v0.15.0
         name: nvidia-device-plugin-ctr