diff --git a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/controller_policy.go b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/controller_policy.go
index 96828a7f3fd..3e594de805e 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/controller_policy.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/controller_policy.go
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func init() {
 		},
 	})
 	addControllerRole(rbac.ClusterRole{
-		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: saRolePrefix + "pod-garbage-controller"},
+		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: saRolePrefix + "pod-garbage-collector"},
 		Rules: []rbac.PolicyRule{
 			rbac.NewRule("list", "watch", "delete").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("pods").RuleOrDie(),
 			rbac.NewRule("list").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("nodes").RuleOrDie(),
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 4f477d0ff34..159e6c6065c 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
@@ -186,14 +186,14 @@ items:
     creationTimestamp: null
     labels:
       kubernetes.io/bootstrapping: rbac-defaults
-    name: system:controller:pod-garbage-controller
+    name: system:controller:pod-garbage-collector
   roleRef:
     apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
     kind: ClusterRole
-    name: system:controller:pod-garbage-controller
+    name: system:controller:pod-garbage-collector
   subjects:
   - kind: ServiceAccount
-    name: pod-garbage-controller
+    name: pod-garbage-collector
     namespace: kube-system
 - apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1alpha1
   kind: ClusterRoleBinding
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 362b8f87d94..69630f83c9d 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/controller-roles.yaml
+++ b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/controller-roles.yaml
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ items:
     creationTimestamp: null
     labels:
       kubernetes.io/bootstrapping: rbac-defaults
-    name: system:controller:pod-garbage-controller
+    name: system:controller:pod-garbage-collector
   rules:
   - apiGroups:
     - ""