diff --git a/deploy/charts/google-cas-issuer/templates/clusterrole.yaml b/deploy/charts/google-cas-issuer/templates/clusterrole.yaml
index a5b1176dda..5898c742ef 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/google-cas-issuer/templates/clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/google-cas-issuer/templates/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ rules:
   - certificaterequests/status
   verbs:
   - patch
+  - update
 
 - apiGroups:
   - certificates.k8s.io