diff --git a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/clusterrole.yaml b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/clusterrole.yaml
index be3278454..58b680e77 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ rules:
     verbs: ["patch"]
   - apiGroups: ["snapshot.storage.k8s.io"]
     resources: ["volumesnapshots"]
-    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list"]
   - apiGroups: ["snapshot.storage.k8s.io"]
     resources: ["volumesnapshotclasses"]
     verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
diff --git a/deploy/examples/common.yaml b/deploy/examples/common.yaml
index 24e1a9c6b..38d67e7eb 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/common.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/common.yaml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ rules:
     verbs: ["patch"]
   - apiGroups: ["snapshot.storage.k8s.io"]
     resources: ["volumesnapshots"]
-    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list"]
   - apiGroups: ["snapshot.storage.k8s.io"]
     resources: ["volumesnapshotclasses"]
     verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]