diff --git a/cluster/addons/storage-class/vsphere/default.yaml b/cluster/addons/storage-class/vsphere/default.yaml
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+apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: StorageClass
+metadata:
+  name: default
+  annotations:
+    storageclass.beta.kubernetes.io/is-default-class: "true"
+  labels:
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+provisioner: kubernetes.io/vsphere-volume
+parameters:
+    diskformat: thin