diff --git a/pkg/framework/plugins/defaultevictor/defaultevictor_test.go b/pkg/framework/plugins/defaultevictor/defaultevictor_test.go
index f88b75986..f7fffbcc7 100644
--- a/pkg/framework/plugins/defaultevictor/defaultevictor_test.go
+++ b/pkg/framework/plugins/defaultevictor/defaultevictor_test.go
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ func TestDefaultEvictorFilter(t *testing.T) {
 			pods: []*v1.Pod{
 				buildTestPod("p14", n1.Name, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 					test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &highPriority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, highPriority)
 				}),
 			},
 			priorityThreshold: &lowPriority,
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ func TestDefaultEvictorFilter(t *testing.T) {
 				buildTestPod("p15", n1.Name, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 					test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
 					setPodEvictAnnotation(pod)
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &highPriority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, highPriority)
 				}),
 			},
 			priorityThreshold: &lowPriority,
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ func TestDefaultEvictorFilter(t *testing.T) {
 			pods: []*v1.Pod{
 				buildTestPod("p17", n1.Name, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 					test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &highPriority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, highPriority)
 				}),
 			},
 			evictSystemCriticalPods: true,
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ func TestDefaultEvictorFilter(t *testing.T) {
 				buildTestPod("p17", n1.Name, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 					test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
 					setPodEvictAnnotation(pod)
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &highPriority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, highPriority)
 				}),
 			},
 			evictSystemCriticalPods: true,
diff --git a/pkg/framework/plugins/nodeutilization/highnodeutilization_test.go b/pkg/framework/plugins/nodeutilization/highnodeutilization_test.go
index 1e7297f2e..e117d617f 100644
--- a/pkg/framework/plugins/nodeutilization/highnodeutilization_test.go
+++ b/pkg/framework/plugins/nodeutilization/highnodeutilization_test.go
@@ -115,8 +115,7 @@ func TestHighNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 					// A Critical Pod.
 					test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
 					pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-					priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, utils.SystemCriticalPriority)
 				}),
 				// These won't be evicted.
 				test.BuildTestPod("p3", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetDSOwnerRef),
@@ -168,8 +167,7 @@ func TestHighNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 					// A Critical Pod.
 					test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
 					pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-					priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, utils.SystemCriticalPriority)
 				}),
 				// These won't be evicted.
 				test.BuildTestPod("p3", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
diff --git a/pkg/framework/plugins/nodeutilization/lownodeutilization_test.go b/pkg/framework/plugins/nodeutilization/lownodeutilization_test.go
index 4cfd10240..233c718e2 100644
--- a/pkg/framework/plugins/nodeutilization/lownodeutilization_test.go
+++ b/pkg/framework/plugins/nodeutilization/lownodeutilization_test.go
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ func TestLowNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 				test.BuildTestPod("p6", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 					// A Critical Pod.
 					pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-					priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, utils.SystemCriticalPriority)
 				}),
 				test.BuildTestPod("p9", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
 			},
@@ -172,8 +171,7 @@ func TestLowNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 				test.BuildTestPod("p8", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 					// A Critical Pod.
 					pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-					priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, utils.SystemCriticalPriority)
 				}),
 				test.BuildTestPod("p9", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
 			},
@@ -250,8 +248,7 @@ func TestLowNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 				test.BuildTestPod("p8", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 					// A Critical Pod.
 					pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-					priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, utils.SystemCriticalPriority)
 				}),
 				test.BuildTestPod("p9", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
 			},
@@ -328,8 +325,7 @@ func TestLowNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 					// A Critical Pod.
 					test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
 					pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-					priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, utils.SystemCriticalPriority)
 				}),
 				test.BuildTestPod("p9", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
 			},
@@ -397,8 +393,7 @@ func TestLowNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 					// A Critical Pod.
 					test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
 					pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-					priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, utils.SystemCriticalPriority)
 				}),
 				test.BuildTestPod("p9", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
 			},
@@ -480,8 +475,7 @@ func TestLowNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 					// A Critical Pod.
 					test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
 					pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-					priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, utils.SystemCriticalPriority)
 				}),
 				test.BuildTestPod("p9", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
 			},
@@ -561,8 +555,7 @@ func TestLowNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 					// A Critical Pod.
 					test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
 					pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-					priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, utils.SystemCriticalPriority)
 				}),
 				test.BuildTestPod("p9", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
 			},
@@ -651,8 +644,7 @@ func TestLowNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 					test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
 					test.SetPodExtendedResourceRequest(pod, extendedResource, 1)
 					pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-					priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, utils.SystemCriticalPriority)
 				}),
 				test.BuildTestPod("p9", 0, 0, n2NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 					test.SetRSOwnerRef(pod)
@@ -813,8 +805,7 @@ func TestLowNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 					// A Critical Pod.
 					test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
 					pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-					priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, utils.SystemCriticalPriority)
 				}),
 			},
 			nodemetricses: []*v1beta1.NodeMetrics{
@@ -890,8 +881,7 @@ func TestLowNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 					// A Critical Pod.
 					test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
 					pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-					priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, utils.SystemCriticalPriority)
 				}),
 			},
 			nodemetricses: []*v1beta1.NodeMetrics{
@@ -993,8 +983,7 @@ func TestLowNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 					// A Critical Pod.
 					test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
 					pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-					priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, utils.SystemCriticalPriority)
 				}),
 				test.BuildTestPod("p9", 0, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
 			},
@@ -1055,8 +1044,7 @@ func TestLowNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 					// A Critical Pod.
 					test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
 					pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-					priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, utils.SystemCriticalPriority)
 				}),
 				test.BuildTestPod("p9", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
 			},
@@ -1124,8 +1112,7 @@ func TestLowNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 					// A Critical Pod.
 					test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
 					pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-					priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, utils.SystemCriticalPriority)
 				}),
 				test.BuildTestPod("p9", 400, 3000, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
 			},
@@ -1236,8 +1223,7 @@ func TestLowNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 					// A Critical Pod.
 					test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
 					pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-					priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, utils.SystemCriticalPriority)
 				}),
 				test.BuildTestPod("p9", 0, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
 			},
@@ -1299,8 +1285,7 @@ func TestLowNodeUtilization(t *testing.T) {
 				test.BuildTestPod("p8", 400, 0, n1NodeName, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 					// A Critical Pod.
 					pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-					priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, utils.SystemCriticalPriority)
 				}),
 				test.BuildTestPod("p9", 400, 0, n2NodeName, test.SetRSOwnerRef),
 			},
@@ -1594,8 +1579,7 @@ func withCriticalPod(pod *v1.Pod) {
 	// A Critical Pod.
 	test.SetNormalOwnerRef(pod)
 	pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-	priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-	pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+	test.SetPodPriority(pod, utils.SystemCriticalPriority)
 }
 
 func TestLowNodeUtilizationWithPrometheusMetrics(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/framework/plugins/removeduplicates/removeduplicates_test.go b/pkg/framework/plugins/removeduplicates/removeduplicates_test.go
index 95c229088..7bcc3af40 100644
--- a/pkg/framework/plugins/removeduplicates/removeduplicates_test.go
+++ b/pkg/framework/plugins/removeduplicates/removeduplicates_test.go
@@ -167,8 +167,7 @@ func TestFindDuplicatePods(t *testing.T) {
 				}),
 				buildTestPodForNode("p7", nodeName1, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 					pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-					priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, utils.SystemCriticalPriority)
 				}),
 			},
 			nodes: []*v1.Node{
@@ -205,8 +204,7 @@ func TestFindDuplicatePods(t *testing.T) {
 				}),
 				buildTestPodForNode("p7", nodeName1, func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 					pod.Namespace = "kube-system"
-					priority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
-					pod.Spec.Priority = &priority
+					test.SetPodPriority(pod, utils.SystemCriticalPriority)
 				}),
 				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p8", "test", nil),
 				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p9", "test", nil),
diff --git a/pkg/framework/plugins/removepodsviolatinginterpodantiaffinity/pod_antiaffinity_test.go b/pkg/framework/plugins/removepodsviolatinginterpodantiaffinity/pod_antiaffinity_test.go
index 2dbc0a7d4..66f35ab67 100644
--- a/pkg/framework/plugins/removepodsviolatinginterpodantiaffinity/pod_antiaffinity_test.go
+++ b/pkg/framework/plugins/removepodsviolatinginterpodantiaffinity/pod_antiaffinity_test.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func buildTestPodP2ForNode1() *v1.Pod {
 func buildTestPodNonEvictableForNode1() *v1.Pod {
 	criticalPriority := utils.SystemCriticalPriority
 	return buildTestPodForNode1("non-evict", func(pod *v1.Pod) {
-		pod.Spec.Priority = &criticalPriority
+		test.SetPodPriority(pod, criticalPriority)
 		setLabelsFooBar(pod)
 	})
 }