diff --git a/deploy/charts/cert-manager/templates/rbac.yaml b/deploy/charts/cert-manager/templates/rbac.yaml
index 5e37f0cb1..05901accf 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/cert-manager/templates/rbac.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/cert-manager/templates/rbac.yaml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ metadata:
 rules:
   - apiGroups: ["cert-manager.io"]
     resources: ["issuers", "issuers/status"]
-    verbs: ["update"]
+    verbs: ["update", "patch"]
   - apiGroups: ["cert-manager.io"]
     resources: ["issuers"]
     verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ metadata:
 rules:
   - apiGroups: ["cert-manager.io"]
     resources: ["clusterissuers", "clusterissuers/status"]
-    verbs: ["update"]
+    verbs: ["update", "patch"]
   - apiGroups: ["cert-manager.io"]
     resources: ["clusterissuers"]
     verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]