diff --git a/deploy/charts/chaos-operator/templates/manager-rbac.yaml b/deploy/charts/chaos-operator/templates/manager-rbac.yaml
index ad5e5f5..1a8fb09 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/chaos-operator/templates/manager-rbac.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/chaos-operator/templates/manager-rbac.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,32 @@ metadata:
   labels:
   {{- include "chaos-operator.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 rules:
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - pods
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - delete
+  - get
+  - list
+  - patch
+  - update
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - pods/finalizers
+  verbs:
+  - update
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - pods/status
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - patch
+  - update
 - apiGroups:
   - ""
   resources: