diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/admission/admission.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/admission/admission.go
index 242e67c2a9f..00f3b9beacb 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/admission/admission.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/admission/admission.go
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ func (a *Admission) EvaluatePod(ctx context.Context, nsPolicy api.Policy, nsPoli
 
 	// TODO: reuse previous evaluation if audit level+version is the same as enforce level+version
 	if result := policy.AggregateCheckResults(a.Evaluator.EvaluatePod(nsPolicy.Audit, podMetadata, podSpec)); !result.Allowed {
-		auditAnnotations["audit"] = fmt.Sprintf(
+		auditAnnotations[api.AuditViolationsAnnotationKey] = fmt.Sprintf(
 			"would violate PodSecurity %q: %s",
 			nsPolicy.Audit.String(),
 			result.ForbiddenDetail(),
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/admission/admission_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/admission/admission_test.go
index 56ee0bb617f..e3f652fcb63 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/admission/admission_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/admission/admission_test.go
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ func TestValidatePodController(t *testing.T) {
 			newObject:              &badDeploy,
 			gvk:                    schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "apps", Version: "v1", Kind: "Deployment"},
 			gvr:                    schema.GroupVersionResource{Group: "apps", Version: "v1", Resource: "deployments"},
-			expectAuditAnnotations: map[string]string{"audit": "would violate PodSecurity \"baseline:latest\": forbidden sysctls (unknown)"},
+			expectAuditAnnotations: map[string]string{"audit-violations": "would violate PodSecurity \"baseline:latest\": forbidden sysctls (unknown)"},
 			expectWarnings:         []string{"would violate PodSecurity \"baseline:latest\": forbidden sysctls (unknown)"},
 		},
 		{
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ func TestValidatePodController(t *testing.T) {
 			oldObject:              &goodDeploy,
 			gvk:                    schema.GroupVersionKind{Group: "apps", Version: "v1", Kind: "Deployment"},
 			gvr:                    schema.GroupVersionResource{Group: "apps", Version: "v1", Resource: "deployments"},
-			expectAuditAnnotations: map[string]string{"audit": "would violate PodSecurity \"baseline:latest\": forbidden sysctls (unknown)"},
+			expectAuditAnnotations: map[string]string{"audit-violations": "would violate PodSecurity \"baseline:latest\": forbidden sysctls (unknown)"},
 			expectWarnings:         []string{"would violate PodSecurity \"baseline:latest\": forbidden sysctls (unknown)"},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/api/constants.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/api/constants.go
index 1a194836229..efabfb7535b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/api/constants.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/api/constants.go
@@ -45,4 +45,5 @@ const (
 	WarnVersionLabel    = labelPrefix + "warn-version"
 
 	ExemptionReasonAnnotationKey = "exempt"
+	AuditViolationsAnnotationKey  = "audit-violations"
 )