diff --git a/.github/workflows/aks.yaml b/.github/workflows/aks.yaml
index 06610013e7..486ffe92f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aks.yaml
@@ -101,14 +101,14 @@ jobs:
             ${{ env.cost_reduction }} \
             --no-wait
 
-          # Create user node pool tainted with `node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready=true:NoSchedule`
+          # Create user node pool tainted with `node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready=true:NoExecute`
           az aks nodepool add \
             --resource-group ${{ env.name }} \
             --cluster-name ${{ env.name }} \
             --name userpool \
             --mode user \
             --node-count 2 \
-            --node-taints "node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready=true:NoSchedule" \
+            --node-taints "node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready=true:NoExecute" \
             ${{ env.cost_reduction }} \
             --no-wait
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/eks-tunnel.yaml b/.github/workflows/eks-tunnel.yaml
index 2a23caab24..8e90b985c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/eks-tunnel.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/eks-tunnel.yaml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
               taints:
                - key: "node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready"
                  value: "true"
-                 effect: "NoSchedule"
+                 effect: "NoExecute"
           EOF
 
           eksctl create cluster -f ./eks-config.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/eks.yaml b/.github/workflows/eks.yaml
index 6374ee9bac..c775638007 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/eks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/eks.yaml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
             taints:
              - key: "node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready"
                value: "true"
-               effect: "NoSchedule"
+               effect: "NoExecute"
           EOF
 
           eksctl create cluster -f ./eks-config.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/externalworkloads.yaml b/.github/workflows/externalworkloads.yaml
index 2ca541f04d..968226b6fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/externalworkloads.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/externalworkloads.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
             --machine-type e2-custom-2-4096 \
             --disk-type pd-standard \
             --disk-size 10GB \
-            --node-taints node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready=true:NoSchedule \
+            --node-taints node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready=true:NoExecute \
             --preemptible
           CLUSTER_CIDR=$(gcloud container clusters describe ${{ env.clusterName }} --zone ${{ env.zone }} --format="value(clusterIpv4Cidr)")
           echo ::set-output name=cluster_cidr::${CLUSTER_CIDR}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gke.yaml b/.github/workflows/gke.yaml
index 15a9d05940..93092046bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gke.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gke.yaml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
             --machine-type e2-custom-2-4096 \
             --disk-type pd-standard \
             --disk-size 10GB \
-            --node-taints node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready=true:NoSchedule \
+            --node-taints node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready=true:NoExecute \
             --preemptible
           CLUSTER_CIDR=$(gcloud container clusters describe ${{ env.clusterName }} --zone ${{ env.zone }} --format="value(clusterIpv4Cidr)")
           echo ::set-output name=cluster_cidr::${CLUSTER_CIDR}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/multicluster.yaml b/.github/workflows/multicluster.yaml
index 8a976d7527..78a825c5c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/multicluster.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/multicluster.yaml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
             --machine-type e2-custom-2-4096 \
             --disk-type pd-standard \
             --disk-size 10GB \
-            --node-taints node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready=true:NoSchedule \
+            --node-taints node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready=true:NoExecute \
             --preemptible \
             --enable-ip-alias
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
             --machine-type e2-custom-2-4096 \
             --disk-type pd-standard \
             --disk-size 10GB \
-            --node-taints node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready=true:NoSchedule \
+            --node-taints node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready=true:NoExecute \
             --preemptible \
             --enable-ip-alias