diff --git a/hack/windows/Prepare-Node.ps1 b/hack/windows/Prepare-Node.ps1
index 0c71fce79d3..3b983e305f3 100644
--- a/hack/windows/Prepare-Node.ps1
+++ b/hack/windows/Prepare-Node.ps1
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ if ($InstallKubeProxy) {
     $StartKubeletFileContent += [Environment]::NewLine + '& C:\k\Prepare-ServiceInterface.ps1 -InterfaceAlias "HNS Internal NIC"' + [Environment]::NewLine
 }
 
-$StartKubeletFileContent += [Environment]::NewLine + '$global:KubeletArgs += "--cert-dir=$env:SYSTEMDRIVE\var\lib\kubelet\pki --config=/var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml --bootstrap-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/bootstrap-kubelet.conf --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf --hostname-override=$(hostname) --pod-infra-container-image=`"mcr.microsoft.com/oss/kubernetes/pause:1.4.1`" --enable-debugging-handlers --cgroups-per-qos=false --enforce-node-allocatable=`"`" --resolv-conf=`"`" --node-ip=$env:NODE_IP"'
+$StartKubeletFileContent += [Environment]::NewLine + '$global:KubeletArgs += " --cert-dir=$env:SYSTEMDRIVE\var\lib\kubelet\pki --config=/var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml --bootstrap-kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/bootstrap-kubelet.conf --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf --hostname-override=$(hostname) --pod-infra-container-image=`"mcr.microsoft.com/oss/kubernetes/pause:1.4.1`" --enable-debugging-handlers --cgroups-per-qos=false --enforce-node-allocatable=`"`" --resolv-conf=`"`" --node-ip=$env:NODE_IP"'
 
 $targetVersion = [version]"1.28.0"