diff --git a/config/crd/bases/infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io_rosamachinepools.yaml b/config/crd/bases/infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io_rosamachinepools.yaml
index 7fe083bcdb..63af6ab635 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io_rosamachinepools.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io_rosamachinepools.yaml
@@ -82,6 +82,16 @@ spec:
                   type: string
                 description: Labels specifies labels for the Kubernetes node objects
                 type: object
+              nodeDrainGracePeriod:
+                description: NodeDrainGracePeriod is grace period for how long Pod
+                  Disruption Budget-protected workloads will be respected during upgrades.
+                  After this grace period, any workloads protected by Pod Disruption
+                  Budgets that have not been successfully drained from a node will
+                  be forcibly evicted. The nodeDrainGracePeriod can be defined in
+                  minutes, hours ex; 30m, 10h. The max value can be assigned is 10080m|168h
+                  (1 week).
+                pattern: ^(([0-9])+[m|h])$
+                type: string
               nodePoolName:
                 description: NodePoolName specifies the name of the nodepool in Rosa
                   must be a valid DNS-1035 label, so it must consist of lower case
diff --git a/exp/api/v1beta2/rosamachinepool_types.go b/exp/api/v1beta2/rosamachinepool_types.go
index 1facd90116..d4e86ddb7b 100644
--- a/exp/api/v1beta2/rosamachinepool_types.go
+++ b/exp/api/v1beta2/rosamachinepool_types.go
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ type RosaMachinePoolSpec struct {
 	// ProviderIDList contain a ProviderID for each machine instance that's currently managed by this machine pool.
 	// +optional
 	ProviderIDList []string `json:"providerIDList,omitempty"`
+
+	// NodeDrainGracePeriod is grace period for how long Pod Disruption Budget-protected workloads will be
+	// respected during upgrades. After this grace period, any workloads protected by Pod Disruption
+	// Budgets that have not been successfully drained from a node will be forcibly evicted. The nodeDrainGracePeriod
+	// can be defined in minutes, hours ex; 30m, 10h. The max value can be assigned is 10080m|168h (1 week).
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:Pattern="^(([0-9])+[m|h])$"
+	// +optional
+	NodeDrainGracePeriod string `json:"nodeDrainGracePeriod,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // RosaTaint represents a taint to be applied to a node.
diff --git a/exp/controllers/rosamachinepool_controller.go b/exp/controllers/rosamachinepool_controller.go
index 8d1936c309..219d4c8c05 100644
--- a/exp/controllers/rosamachinepool_controller.go
+++ b/exp/controllers/rosamachinepool_controller.go
@@ -395,6 +395,18 @@ func validateMachinePoolSpec(machinePoolScope *scope.RosaMachinePoolScope) (*str
 		return &message, nil
 	}
 
+	if machinePoolScope.RosaMachinePool.Spec.NodeDrainGracePeriod != "" {
+		nodeDrainDuration, err := time.ParseDuration(machinePoolScope.RosaMachinePool.Spec.NodeDrainGracePeriod)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		// Check if node grace period duration is > 10080m (168h - 1 week)
+		if nodeDrainDuration.Minutes() > 10080 {
+			message := "Max supported NodeDrainGracePeriod duration is 10080m|168h (1 week)"
+			return &message, nil
+		}
+	}
+
 	// TODO: add more input validations
 	return nil, nil
 }
@@ -444,6 +456,13 @@ func nodePoolBuilder(rosaMachinePoolSpec expinfrav1.RosaMachinePoolSpec, machine
 		npBuilder.Version(cmv1.NewVersion().ID(ocm.CreateVersionID(rosaMachinePoolSpec.Version, ocm.DefaultChannelGroup)))
 	}
 
+	if rosaMachinePoolSpec.NodeDrainGracePeriod != "" {
+		duration, _ := time.ParseDuration(rosaMachinePoolSpec.NodeDrainGracePeriod)
+		valueBuilder := cmv1.NewValue()
+		valueBuilder.Value(duration.Minutes()).Unit("minutes")
+		npBuilder.NodeDrainGracePeriod(valueBuilder)
+	}
+
 	return npBuilder
 }
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d7798934a3..54d3a6882a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.13.1
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.30.0
 	github.com/openshift-online/ocm-common v0.0.0-20240129111424-ff8c6c11d909
-	github.com/openshift-online/ocm-sdk-go v0.1.406
+	github.com/openshift-online/ocm-sdk-go v0.1.409
 	github.com/openshift/rosa v1.2.35-rc1.0.20240301152457-ad986cecd364
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.18.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 30d5f3c791..3cbb352ea6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -481,8 +481,8 @@ github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0-rc2.0.20221005185240-3a7f492d3f1b h1
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0-rc2.0.20221005185240-3a7f492d3f1b/go.mod h1:3OVijpioIKYWTqjiG0zfF6wvoJ4fAXGbjdZuI2NgsRQ=
 github.com/openshift-online/ocm-common v0.0.0-20240129111424-ff8c6c11d909 h1:WV67GNazQuGDaLX3kBbz0859NYPOQCsDCY5XUScF85M=
 github.com/openshift-online/ocm-common v0.0.0-20240129111424-ff8c6c11d909/go.mod h1:7FaAb07S63RF4sFMLSLtQaJLvPdaRnhAT4dBLD8/5kM=
-github.com/openshift-online/ocm-sdk-go v0.1.406 h1:DB97+wipdP1IK6D2CTINqCjs9obJSLzgwpfsx+94lBQ=
-github.com/openshift-online/ocm-sdk-go v0.1.406/go.mod h1:8ECJertR5BiblaX5f2siXHXpi+ydYZjoROlVMppmmV4=
+github.com/openshift-online/ocm-sdk-go v0.1.409 h1:M7GB1iURdXTFJ6N5cvMxLz0L7wWwdnUvwDOCDFZ7L1s=
+github.com/openshift-online/ocm-sdk-go v0.1.409/go.mod h1:8ECJertR5BiblaX5f2siXHXpi+ydYZjoROlVMppmmV4=
 github.com/openshift/rosa v1.2.35-rc1.0.20240301152457-ad986cecd364 h1:j1aGLgZhO5xXpYgGAjmraioHTvCK7+gXZXoN9cnpnkw=
 github.com/openshift/rosa v1.2.35-rc1.0.20240301152457-ad986cecd364/go.mod h1:kSNsBW8P9KfLCsZYGIrr/aKbLDct8I5gW0e4cCRrr0o=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.4/go.mod h1:u1nR/EPcESfeI/szUZKdtJ0xRNbUoANCkoOuaOx1Y+c=