diff --git a/cluster/addons/calico-policy-controller/calico-node-daemonset.yaml b/cluster/addons/calico-policy-controller/calico-node-daemonset.yaml
index c4e0c4fa935..5c4b69f7140 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/calico-policy-controller/calico-node-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/calico-policy-controller/calico-node-daemonset.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ spec:
         projectcalico.org/ds-ready: "true"
       hostNetwork: true
       serviceAccountName: calico
+      # Minimize downtime during a rolling upgrade or deletion; tell Kubernetes to do a "force
+      # deletion": https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod/#termination-of-pods.
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 0
       containers:
         # Runs calico/node container on each Kubernetes node.  This
         # container programs network policy and routes on each