diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/object/controller.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/object/controller.go
index db8a2786e..f073c9e49 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/object/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/object/controller.go
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import (
 	opconfig "github.com/rook/rook/pkg/operator/ceph/config"
 	opcontroller "github.com/rook/rook/pkg/operator/ceph/controller"
 	"github.com/rook/rook/pkg/operator/k8sutil"
-	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	kerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
@@ -54,8 +53,9 @@ var logger = capnslog.NewPackageLogger("github.com/rook/rook", controllerName)
 // List of object resources to watch by the controller
 var objectsToWatch = []runtime.Object{
 	&corev1.Secret{TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{Kind: "Secret", APIVersion: corev1.SchemeGroupVersion.String()}},
-	&appsv1.Deployment{TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{Kind: "Deployment", APIVersion: appsv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String()}},
 	&v1.Service{TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{Kind: "Service", APIVersion: v1.SchemeGroupVersion.String()}},
+	// Stop watching for Deployment object until https://github.com/rook/rook/issues/5047 is fully resolved
+	// &appsv1.Deployment{TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{Kind: "Deployment", APIVersion: appsv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String()}},
 }
 
 var cephObjectStoreKind = reflect.TypeOf(cephv1.CephObjectStore{}).Name()