diff --git a/pkg/components/components.go b/pkg/components/components.go
index bc9a6c5b9..e661acce2 100644
--- a/pkg/components/components.go
+++ b/pkg/components/components.go
@@ -612,6 +612,18 @@ func GetClusterRole(allowMultus bool) *rbacv1.ClusterRole {
 					"update",
 				},
 			},
+			{
+				APIGroups: []string{
+					"kubevirt.io",
+				},
+				Resources: []string{
+					"virtualmachines/finalizers",
+					"virtualmachineinstances/finalizers",
+				},
+				Verbs: []string{
+					"update",
+				},
+			},
 			{
 				APIGroups: []string{
 					"apps",