diff --git a/services/maintenance/soteria-rbac.yaml b/services/maintenance/soteria-rbac.yaml
index ebb9d831..5df1f8fb 100644
--- a/services/maintenance/soteria-rbac.yaml
+++ b/services/maintenance/soteria-rbac.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ rules:
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["persistentvolumeclaims", "persistentvolumes"]
     verbs: ["get", "list"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["pods"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list"]
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["secrets"]
     verbs: ["get", "list", "create", "update", "delete"]
@@ -26,4 +29,3 @@ subjects:
   - kind: ServiceAccount
     name: soteria
     namespace: maintenance
-