diff --git a/services/maintenance/soteria-rbac.yaml b/services/maintenance/soteria-rbac.yaml
index 46392c40a..843028fef 100644
--- a/services/maintenance/soteria-rbac.yaml
+++ b/services/maintenance/soteria-rbac.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ rules:
   - apiGroups: ["batch"]
     resources: ["jobs"]
     verbs: ["get", "list", "create", "delete"]
+  - apiGroups: ["longhorn.io"]
+    resources: ["backups"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list"]
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding