diff --git a/pkg/harvester/models/harvesterhci.io.virtualmachinetemplateversion.js b/pkg/harvester/models/harvesterhci.io.virtualmachinetemplateversion.js
index 54873aa0b3d..19aa63a2bbd 100644
--- a/pkg/harvester/models/harvesterhci.io.virtualmachinetemplateversion.js
+++ b/pkg/harvester/models/harvesterhci.io.virtualmachinetemplateversion.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export default class HciVmTemplateVersion extends HarvesterResource {
                 },
                 features: { acpi: { enabled: true } },
               },
-              evictionStrategy: 'LiveMigrate',
+              evictionStrategy: 'LiveMigrateIfPossible',
               hostname:         '',
               networks:         [{
                 name: 'default',
diff --git a/pkg/harvester/models/kubevirt.io.virtualmachine.js b/pkg/harvester/models/kubevirt.io.virtualmachine.js
index eedd13560dc..e5044945e93 100644
--- a/pkg/harvester/models/kubevirt.io.virtualmachine.js
+++ b/pkg/harvester/models/kubevirt.io.virtualmachine.js
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ export default class VirtVm extends HarvesterResource {
             },
             features: { acpi: { enabled: true } }
           },
-          evictionStrategy: 'LiveMigrate',
+          evictionStrategy: 'LiveMigrateIfPossible',
           hostname:         '',
           networks:         [
             {