diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/legacy_registry.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/legacy_registry.go
index 58dd09c1c0d..824486092dd 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/legacy_registry.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/legacy_registry.go
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func NewLegacyRegistry() *LegacyRegistry {
 			NodeAffinityPriority:        1,
 			TaintTolerationPriority:     1,
 			ImageLocalityPriority:       1,
-			EvenPodsSpreadPriority:      1,
+			EvenPodsSpreadPriority:      2,
 		},
 
 		PredicateToConfigProducer: make(map[string]ConfigProducer),
diff --git a/test/integration/scheduler/scheduler_test.go b/test/integration/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
index fdd156034ed..dcf451f61de 100644
--- a/test/integration/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func TestSchedulerCreationFromConfigMap(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				"ScorePlugin": {
 					{Name: "NodeResourcesBalancedAllocation", Weight: 1},
-					{Name: "PodTopologySpread", Weight: 1},
+					{Name: "PodTopologySpread", Weight: 2},
 					{Name: "ImageLocality", Weight: 1},
 					{Name: "InterPodAffinity", Weight: 1},
 					{Name: "NodeResourcesLeastAllocated", Weight: 1},
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ kind: Policy
 				},
 				"ScorePlugin": {
 					{Name: "NodeResourcesBalancedAllocation", Weight: 1},
-					{Name: "PodTopologySpread", Weight: 1},
+					{Name: "PodTopologySpread", Weight: 2},
 					{Name: "ImageLocality", Weight: 1},
 					{Name: "InterPodAffinity", Weight: 1},
 					{Name: "NodeResourcesLeastAllocated", Weight: 1},