diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/10536-abhayrajjais01 b/changelogs/unreleased/10536-abhayrajjais01
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94040a060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/10536-abhayrajjais01
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Propagate context to node client in GetNodeOS
diff --git a/pkg/util/kube/node.go b/pkg/util/kube/node.go
index 6fc2974c9..7db9d3268 100644
--- a/pkg/util/kube/node.go
+++ b/pkg/util/kube/node.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func withOSNode(ctx context.Context, client client.Client, osType string, log lo
 }
 
 func GetNodeOS(ctx context.Context, nodeName string, nodeClient corev1client.CoreV1Interface) (string, error) {
-	node, err := nodeClient.Nodes().Get(context.Background(), nodeName, metav1.GetOptions{})
+	node, err := nodeClient.Nodes().Get(ctx, nodeName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "error getting node %s", nodeName)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/util/kube/node_test.go b/pkg/util/kube/node_test.go
index 41e7b7806..9213471d9 100644
--- a/pkg/util/kube/node_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/kube/node_test.go
@@ -17,10 +17,15 @@ limitations under the License.
 package kube
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"testing"
 
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	corev1client "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
+
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/errors"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	corev1api "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 
@@ -258,3 +263,45 @@ func TestHasNodeWithOS(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+type fakeCoreV1 struct {
+	corev1client.CoreV1Interface
+	nodeClient corev1client.NodeInterface
+}
+
+func (f *fakeCoreV1) Nodes() corev1client.NodeInterface {
+	return f.nodeClient
+}
+
+type fakeNodeClient struct {
+	corev1client.NodeInterface
+	getFunc func(ctx context.Context, name string, opts metav1.GetOptions) (*corev1api.Node, error)
+}
+
+func (f *fakeNodeClient) Get(ctx context.Context, name string, opts metav1.GetOptions) (*corev1api.Node, error) {
+	if f.getFunc != nil {
+		return f.getFunc(ctx, name, opts)
+	}
+	return f.NodeInterface.Get(ctx, name, opts)
+}
+
+func TestGetNodeOSWithContext(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(t.Context())
+	cancel()
+
+	var passedCtx context.Context
+	nodeClient := &fakeNodeClient{
+		getFunc: func(ctx context.Context, name string, opts metav1.GetOptions) (*corev1api.Node, error) {
+			passedCtx = ctx
+			if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			return builder.ForNode("fake-node").Labels(map[string]string{corev1api.LabelOSStable: "linux"}).Result(), nil
+		},
+	}
+	fakeCore := &fakeCoreV1{nodeClient: nodeClient}
+
+	_, err := GetNodeOS(ctx, "fake-node", fakeCore)
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, context.Canceled)
+	assert.Equal(t, ctx, passedCtx)
+}