diff --git a/components/release/base/kustomization.yaml b/components/release/base/kustomization.yaml
index 3313e531db0..af48a0028e9 100644
--- a/components/release/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/components/release/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 resources:
-- allow-argocd-to-manage.yaml
-- argocd-permissions.yaml
-- release-pipeline-resources-clusterrole.yaml
-- release-service-config-rbac.yaml
-- release-service-configurator-role.yaml
-- release-team.yaml
-- cronjobs/
+  - allow-argocd-to-manage.yaml
+  - argocd-permissions.yaml
+  - monitor-pipeline-role.yaml
+  - release-pipeline-resources-clusterrole.yaml
+  - release-service-config-rbac.yaml
+  - release-service-configurator-role.yaml
+  - release-team.yaml
+  - cronjobs/
 
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
diff --git a/components/release/base/monitor-pipeline-role.yaml b/components/release/base/monitor-pipeline-role.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..95de68fa28e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/release/base/monitor-pipeline-role.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: monitor-pipeline-role
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["pods", "pods/log"]
+    verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
+  - apiGroups: ["tekton.dev"]
+    resources: ["pipelineruns", "pipelines"]
+    verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]