diff --git a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/controller_policy.go b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/controller_policy.go
index b39ac933193..2b55ec3ae7a 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/controller_policy.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/controller_policy.go
@@ -390,13 +390,14 @@ func buildControllerRoles() ([]rbacv1.ClusterRole, []rbacv1.ClusterRoleBinding)
 				rbacv1helpers.NewRule("update").Groups(appsGroup).Resources("statefulsets/finalizers").RuleOrDie(),
 				rbacv1helpers.NewRule("get", "create", "delete", "update", "patch").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("pods").RuleOrDie(),
 				rbacv1helpers.NewRule("get", "create", "delete", "update", "patch", "list", "watch").Groups(appsGroup).Resources("controllerrevisions").RuleOrDie(),
-				rbacv1helpers.NewRule("get", "create").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("persistentvolumeclaims").RuleOrDie(),
+				rbacv1helpers.NewRule("get", "create", "list", "watch").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("persistentvolumeclaims").RuleOrDie(),
 				eventsRule(),
 			},
 		}
 
 		if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.StatefulSetAutoDeletePVC) {
 			role.Rules = append(role.Rules, rbacv1helpers.NewRule("update", "delete").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("persistentvolumeclaims").RuleOrDie())
+			role.Rules = append(role.Rules, rbacv1helpers.NewRule("update").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("pods/finalizers").RuleOrDie())
 		}
 
 		return role
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 f17fc954f88..f4b51325422 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/controller-roles.yaml
+++ b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/controller-roles.yaml
@@ -1471,6 +1471,8 @@ items:
     verbs:
     - create
     - get
+    - list
+    - watch
   - apiGroups:
     - ""
     - events.k8s.io
@@ -1487,6 +1489,12 @@ items:
     verbs:
     - delete
     - update
+  - apiGroups:
+    - ""
+    resources:
+    - pods/finalizers
+    verbs:
+    - update
 - apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
   kind: ClusterRole
   metadata: