diff --git a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/clusterrole.yaml b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/clusterrole.yaml
index 9c78b0cd6..d2f2a5890 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/rook-ceph/templates/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ metadata:
 rules:
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["nodes"]
-    verbs: ["get", "list", "update"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["namespaces"]
     verbs: ["get", "list"]
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ rules:
     verbs: ["get", "list"]
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["nodes"]
-    verbs: ["get", "list", "update"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["namespaces"]
     verbs: ["get", "list"]
diff --git a/deploy/examples/common.yaml b/deploy/examples/common.yaml
index 114bb8c64..9f1f7691a 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/common.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/common.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ metadata:
 rules:
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["nodes"]
-    verbs: ["get", "list", "update"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["namespaces"]
     verbs: ["get", "list"]
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ rules:
     verbs: ["get", "list"]
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["nodes"]
-    verbs: ["get", "list", "update"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["namespaces"]
     verbs: ["get", "list"]