diff --git a/pkg/operator/k8sutil/node.go b/pkg/operator/k8sutil/node.go
index 71b578159..9b374253b 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/k8sutil/node.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/k8sutil/node.go
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ const (
 )
 
 var validTopologyLabelKeys = []string{
-	"failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io",
-	"failure-domain.kubernetes.io",
+	"failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io", // deprecated in 1.17
+	"topology.kubernetes.io",
 	TopologyLabelPrefix,
 }