diff --git a/components/notebook-controller/config/rbac/role.yaml b/components/notebook-controller/config/rbac/role.yaml
index 51b6e04f..7273f3ab 100644
--- a/components/notebook-controller/config/rbac/role.yaml
+++ b/components/notebook-controller/config/rbac/role.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ rules:
   - create
   - get
   - list
+  - patch
   - watch
 - apiGroups:
   - ""
diff --git a/components/notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_controller.go b/components/notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_controller.go
index c2ba19f2..849b777c 100644
--- a/components/notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_controller.go
+++ b/components/notebook-controller/controllers/notebook_controller.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ type NotebookReconciler struct {
 }
 
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=core,resources=pods,verbs=get;list;watch
-// +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=core,resources=events,verbs=get;list;watch;create
+// +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=core,resources=events,verbs=get;list;watch;create;patch
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=core,resources=services,verbs="*"
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=apps,resources=statefulsets,verbs="*"
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=kubeflow.org,resources=notebooks;notebooks/status;notebooks/finalizers,verbs="*"