diff --git a/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go b/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go
index b7fa74e961c..3ad98404cda 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller.go
@@ -924,6 +924,7 @@ func (nc *Controller) tryUpdateNodeStatus(node *v1.Node) (time.Duration, v1.Node
 			v1.NodeOutOfDisk,
 			v1.NodeMemoryPressure,
 			v1.NodeDiskPressure,
+			v1.NodePIDPressure,
 			// We don't change 'NodeNetworkUnavailable' condition, as it's managed on a control plane level.
 			// v1.NodeNetworkUnavailable,
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller_test.go
index cd581bc0c08..23db5623a02 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/nodelifecycle/node_lifecycle_controller_test.go
@@ -1605,6 +1605,14 @@ func TestMonitorNodeStatusUpdateStatus(t *testing.T) {
 								LastHeartbeatTime:  metav1.Date(2012, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 								LastTransitionTime: fakeNow,
 							},
+							{
+								Type:               v1.NodePIDPressure,
+								Status:             v1.ConditionUnknown,
+								Reason:             "NodeStatusNeverUpdated",
+								Message:            "Kubelet never posted node status.",
+								LastHeartbeatTime:  metav1.Date(2012, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+								LastTransitionTime: fakeNow,
+							},
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -1727,6 +1735,14 @@ func TestMonitorNodeStatusUpdateStatus(t *testing.T) {
 								LastHeartbeatTime:  metav1.Date(2012, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC), // should default to node creation time if condition was never updated
 								LastTransitionTime: metav1.Time{Time: metav1.Date(2015, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).Add(time.Hour)},
 							},
+							{
+								Type:               v1.NodePIDPressure,
+								Status:             v1.ConditionUnknown,
+								Reason:             "NodeStatusNeverUpdated",
+								Message:            "Kubelet never posted node status.",
+								LastHeartbeatTime:  metav1.Date(2012, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC), // should default to node creation time if condition was never updated
+								LastTransitionTime: metav1.Time{Time: metav1.Date(2015, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).Add(time.Hour)},
+							},
 						},
 						Capacity: v1.ResourceList{
 							v1.ResourceName(v1.ResourceCPU):    resource.MustParse("10"),