diff --git a/helm/core/templates/controller-clusterrole.yaml b/helm/core/templates/controller-clusterrole.yaml
index d288945d6..9f9269313 100644
--- a/helm/core/templates/controller-clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/helm/core/templates/controller-clusterrole.yaml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ rules:
 
   # discovery and routing
   - apiGroups: [""]
-    resources: ["pods", "nodes", "services", "namespaces", "endpoints"]
+    resources: ["pods", "nodes", "services", "namespaces", "endpoints", "deployments"]
     verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
   - apiGroups: ["discovery.k8s.io"]
     resources: ["endpointslices"]