diff --git a/pkg/network/placement_configuration.go b/pkg/network/placement_configuration.go
index 098553e55..8d71bc86c 100644
--- a/pkg/network/placement_configuration.go
+++ b/pkg/network/placement_configuration.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func GetDefaultPlacementConfiguration() cnao.PlacementConfiguration {
 		},
 		Workloads: &cnao.Placement{
 			NodeSelector: map[string]string{
-				"kubernetes.io/arch": "amd64",
+				"kubernetes.io/os": "linux",
 			},
 			Tolerations: []corev1.Toleration{
 				corev1.Toleration{
diff --git a/pkg/network/placement_configuration_test.go b/pkg/network/placement_configuration_test.go
index 5a7763de5..54b4c8aa4 100644
--- a/pkg/network/placement_configuration_test.go
+++ b/pkg/network/placement_configuration_test.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Testing PlacementConfiguration", func() {
 				PlacementConfiguration: &cnao.PlacementConfiguration{
 					Workloads: &cnao.Placement{
 						NodeSelector: map[string]string{
-							"kubernetes.io/arch": "amd64",
+							"kubernetes.io/os": "linux",
 						},
 					},
 					Infra: &cnao.Placement{
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Testing PlacementConfiguration", func() {
 			expectedConfig: cnao.PlacementConfiguration{
 				Workloads: &cnao.Placement{
 					NodeSelector: map[string]string{
-						"kubernetes.io/arch": "amd64",
+						"kubernetes.io/os": "linux",
 					},
 				},
 				Infra: &cnao.Placement{