diff --git a/internal/state/testdata/golden/gpucluster-dra-driver-full-spec.yaml b/internal/state/testdata/golden/gpucluster-dra-driver-full-spec.yaml
index cf0faf082..f3552d5d2 100644
--- a/internal/state/testdata/golden/gpucluster-dra-driver-full-spec.yaml
+++ b/internal/state/testdata/golden/gpucluster-dra-driver-full-spec.yaml
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ rules:
   - list
   - watch
   - update
+  - patch
 - apiGroups:
   - ""
   resources:
diff --git a/internal/state/testdata/golden/gpucluster-dra-driver-gpus-only.yaml b/internal/state/testdata/golden/gpucluster-dra-driver-gpus-only.yaml
index a5f822d88..5f371e7f7 100644
--- a/internal/state/testdata/golden/gpucluster-dra-driver-gpus-only.yaml
+++ b/internal/state/testdata/golden/gpucluster-dra-driver-gpus-only.yaml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ rules:
   - list
   - watch
   - update
+  - patch
 - apiGroups:
   - ""
   resources:
diff --git a/internal/state/testdata/golden/gpucluster-dra-driver-passthrough-support.yaml b/internal/state/testdata/golden/gpucluster-dra-driver-passthrough-support.yaml
index 967fc5175..99df54e1b 100644
--- a/internal/state/testdata/golden/gpucluster-dra-driver-passthrough-support.yaml
+++ b/internal/state/testdata/golden/gpucluster-dra-driver-passthrough-support.yaml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ rules:
   - list
   - watch
   - update
+  - patch
 - apiGroups:
   - ""
   resources:
diff --git a/manifests/state-dra-driver/0200_kubeletplugin-clusterrole.yaml b/manifests/state-dra-driver/0200_kubeletplugin-clusterrole.yaml
index 850940f91..536018298 100644
--- a/manifests/state-dra-driver/0200_kubeletplugin-clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/manifests/state-dra-driver/0200_kubeletplugin-clusterrole.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ rules:
   - list
   - watch
   - update
+  - patch
 - apiGroups:
   - ""
   resources: