diff --git a/charts/fluent-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/fluent-operator/Chart.yaml
index 99010a05f..5c70c0e85 100644
--- a/charts/fluent-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/fluent-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 3.0.0
+version: 3.0.1
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
diff --git a/charts/fluent-operator/templates/fluent-operator-clusterRole.yaml b/charts/fluent-operator/templates/fluent-operator-clusterRole.yaml
index efb4713fe..c3e2f0526 100644
--- a/charts/fluent-operator/templates/fluent-operator-clusterRole.yaml
+++ b/charts/fluent-operator/templates/fluent-operator-clusterRole.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ rules:
       - events
     verbs:
       - list
+      - watch
   - apiGroups:
       - ""
     resources:
diff --git a/controllers/fluentbit_controller.go b/controllers/fluentbit_controller.go
index 6bd214764..91c4968df 100644
--- a/controllers/fluentbit_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/fluentbit_controller.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ type FluentBitReconciler struct {
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=rbac.authorization.k8s.io,resources=roles,verbs=create;list;get;watch;patch
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=rbac.authorization.k8s.io,resources=rolebindings,verbs=create;list;get;watch;patch
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=core,resources=pods,verbs=get
+// +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=core,resources=events,verbs=list;watch
 
 // Reconcile is part of the main kubernetes reconciliation loop which aims to
 // move the current state of the cluster closer to the desired state.
diff --git a/manifests/setup/fluent-operator-clusterRole.yaml b/manifests/setup/fluent-operator-clusterRole.yaml
index fe69de05c..c3e2f0526 100644
--- a/manifests/setup/fluent-operator-clusterRole.yaml
+++ b/manifests/setup/fluent-operator-clusterRole.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ rules:
     resources:
       - events
     verbs:
-      - list      
+      - list
+      - watch
   - apiGroups:
       - ""
     resources:
diff --git a/manifests/setup/setup.yaml b/manifests/setup/setup.yaml
index ba19c84a2..4004ddc83 100644
--- a/manifests/setup/setup.yaml
+++ b/manifests/setup/setup.yaml
@@ -39196,6 +39196,7 @@ rules:
   - events
   verbs:
   - list
+  - watch
 - apiGroups:
   - ""
   resources: