diff --git a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/controller_policy.go b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/controller_policy.go
index 4473d1e72c0..f488cb4f0a5 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/controller_policy.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/controller_policy.go
@@ -264,6 +264,13 @@ func init() {
 			eventsRule(),
 		},
 	})
+	addControllerRole(rbac.ClusterRole{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: saRolePrefix + "ttl-controller"},
+		Rules: []rbac.PolicyRule{
+			rbac.NewRule("update", "patch", "list", "watch").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("nodes").RuleOrDie(),
+			eventsRule(),
+		},
+	})
 	addControllerRole(rbac.ClusterRole{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: saRolePrefix + "certificate-controller"},
 		Rules: []rbac.PolicyRule{
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/controller-role-bindings.yaml b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/controller-role-bindings.yaml
index 759c66215cf..6f7e5dd7465 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/controller-role-bindings.yaml
+++ b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/controller-role-bindings.yaml
@@ -315,5 +315,20 @@ items:
   - kind: ServiceAccount
     name: statefulset-controller
     namespace: kube-system
+- apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+  kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+  metadata:
+    creationTimestamp: null
+    labels:
+      kubernetes.io/bootstrapping: rbac-defaults
+    name: system:controller:ttl-controller
+  roleRef:
+    apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+    kind: ClusterRole
+    name: system:controller:ttl-controller
+  subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: ttl-controller
+    namespace: kube-system
 kind: List
 metadata: {}
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/controller-roles.yaml b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/controller-roles.yaml
index 5f5aeba044b..901ea67108a 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/controller-roles.yaml
+++ b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/controller-roles.yaml
@@ -905,5 +905,30 @@ items:
     - create
     - patch
     - update
+- apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  metadata:
+    creationTimestamp: null
+    labels:
+      kubernetes.io/bootstrapping: rbac-defaults
+    name: system:controller:ttl-controller
+  rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+    - ""
+    resources:
+    - nodes
+    verbs:
+    - list
+    - patch
+    - update
+    - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+    - ""
+    resources:
+    - events
+    verbs:
+    - create
+    - patch
+    - update
 kind: List
 metadata: {}