diff --git a/config/rbac/role.yaml b/config/rbac/role.yaml
index 05ecc8cb4c..37b26d8457 100644
--- a/config/rbac/role.yaml
+++ b/config/rbac/role.yaml
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ rules:
   - delete
   - get
   - list
+  - patch
   - update
   - watch
 - apiGroups:
diff --git a/controllers/storagecluster/reconcile.go b/controllers/storagecluster/reconcile.go
index 272f5b7087..cc419d1ca2 100644
--- a/controllers/storagecluster/reconcile.go
+++ b/controllers/storagecluster/reconcile.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ var validTopologyLabelKeys = []string{
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=ceph.rook.io,resources=cephclusters;cephblockpools;cephfilesystems;cephnfses;cephobjectstores;cephobjectstoreusers;cephrbdmirrors;cephblockpoolradosnamespaces,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;delete
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=noobaa.io,resources=noobaas,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;delete
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=storage.k8s.io,resources=storageclasses,verbs=watch;create;delete;get;list
-// +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=core,resources=pods;services;serviceaccounts;endpoints;persistentvolumes;persistentvolumeclaims;events;configmaps;secrets;nodes,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;delete
+// +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=core,resources=pods;services;serviceaccounts;endpoints;persistentvolumes;persistentvolumeclaims;events;configmaps;secrets;nodes,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;patch;delete
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=core,resources=namespaces,verbs=get
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=apps,resources=deployments;daemonsets;replicasets;statefulsets,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;delete
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=monitoring.coreos.com,resources=servicemonitors;prometheusrules,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;delete
diff --git a/deploy/csv-templates/ocs-operator.csv.yaml.in b/deploy/csv-templates/ocs-operator.csv.yaml.in
index cc84dcb00c..e9bf5cc09c 100644
--- a/deploy/csv-templates/ocs-operator.csv.yaml.in
+++ b/deploy/csv-templates/ocs-operator.csv.yaml.in
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ spec:
           - delete
           - get
           - list
+          - patch
           - update
           - watch
         - apiGroups:
diff --git a/deploy/ocs-operator/manifests/ocs-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/deploy/ocs-operator/manifests/ocs-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index 296674280b..2547e7ca2d 100644
--- a/deploy/ocs-operator/manifests/ocs-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/deploy/ocs-operator/manifests/ocs-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ spec:
           - delete
           - get
           - list
+          - patch
           - update
           - watch
         - apiGroups: