diff --git a/app/react/kubernetes/cluster/HomeView/NodesDatatable/columns/status.tsx b/app/react/kubernetes/cluster/HomeView/NodesDatatable/columns/status.tsx
index 258c3fdb0..e0285a476 100644
--- a/app/react/kubernetes/cluster/HomeView/NodesDatatable/columns/status.tsx
+++ b/app/react/kubernetes/cluster/HomeView/NodesDatatable/columns/status.tsx
@@ -23,14 +23,12 @@ function StatusCell({
   }
 
   return (
-    <div className="whitespace-nowrap">
+    <div className="inline-flex whitespace-nowrap gap-x-2">
       <StatusBadge color={status === 'Ready' ? 'success' : 'warning'}>
         {status}
       </StatusBadge>
       {node.spec?.unschedulable && (
-        <StatusBadge color="warning" className="mt-2">
-          SchedulingDisabled
-        </StatusBadge>
+        <StatusBadge color="warning">SchedulingDisabled</StatusBadge>
       )}
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/app/react/kubernetes/cluster/HomeView/NodesDatatable/utils.ts b/app/react/kubernetes/cluster/HomeView/NodesDatatable/utils.ts
index 965310703..a5d4b0b4d 100644
--- a/app/react/kubernetes/cluster/HomeView/NodesDatatable/utils.ts
+++ b/app/react/kubernetes/cluster/HomeView/NodesDatatable/utils.ts
@@ -7,14 +7,35 @@ export function getInternalNodeIpAddress(node?: Node) {
 }
 
 // most kube clusters set control-plane label, older clusters set master, microk8s doesn't have either but instead sets microk8s-controlplane
-const masterLabels = [
+const controlPlaneLabels = [
   'node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane',
   'node-role.kubernetes.io/master',
   'node.kubernetes.io/microk8s-controlplane',
 ];
 
+const roleLabels = ['kubernetes.io/role'];
+
+/**
+ * Returns the role of the node based on the labels.
+ * @param node The node to get the role of.
+ * It uses similar logic to https://github.com/kubernetes/kubectl/blob/04bb64c802171066ed0d886c437590c0b7ff1ed3/pkg/describe/describe.go#L5523C1-L5541C2 ,
+ * but only returns 'Control plane' or 'Worker'. It also has an additional check for microk8s.
+ */
 export function getRole(node: Node): 'Control plane' | 'Worker' {
-  return masterLabels.some((label) => node.metadata?.labels?.[label])
-    ? 'Control plane'
-    : 'Worker';
+  const hasControlPlaneLabel = controlPlaneLabels.some(
+    (label) =>
+      // the label can be set to an empty string, so we need to check for undefined
+      // e.g. node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane: ""
+      node.metadata?.labels?.[label] !== undefined
+  );
+  const hasControlPlaneLabelValue = roleLabels.some(
+    (label) =>
+      node.metadata?.labels?.[label] === 'control-plane' ||
+      node.metadata?.labels?.[label] === 'master'
+  );
+
+  if (hasControlPlaneLabel || hasControlPlaneLabelValue) {
+    return 'Control plane';
+  }
+  return 'Worker';
 }