diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1/BUILD b/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1/BUILD
index 3962dbade6f..481eb106fdc 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1/BUILD
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ go_library(
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
+        "//pkg/scheduler/api:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/scheduler/apis/config:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/scheduler/internal/cache:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/scheduler/util:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1/interface.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1/interface.go
index a95161676e1..cde7300889e 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1/interface.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/v1alpha1/interface.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	schedulerapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/api"
 	internalcache "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/internal/cache"
 )
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ const (
 
 const (
 	// MaxNodeScore is the maximum score a Score plugin is expected to return.
-	MaxNodeScore int = 10
+	MaxNodeScore int = schedulerapi.MaxPriority
 
 	// MinNodeScore is the minimum score a Score plugin is expected to return.
 	MinNodeScore int = 0