diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fb484ee3..5bf998a4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
   - The default Kubernetes cluster domain name is now fetched from the kubelet API unless explicitly configured.
   - This requires operators to have the RBAC permission to get nodes/proxy in the apiGroup "". The helm-chart takes care of this.
   - The CLI argument `--kubernetes-node-name` or env variable `KUBERNETES_NODE_NAME` needs to be set. The helm-chart takes care of this.
+- The operator helm-chart now grants RBAC `patch` permissions on `events.k8s.io/events`,
+  so events can be aggregated (e.g. "error happened 10 times over the last 5 minutes") ([#700]).
 
 ### Fixed
 
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 [#696]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hdfs-operator/pull/696
 [#697]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hdfs-operator/pull/697
 [#699]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hdfs-operator/pull/699
+[#700]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hdfs-operator/pull/700
 
 ## [25.3.0] - 2025-03-21
 
diff --git a/deploy/helm/hdfs-operator/templates/roles.yaml b/deploy/helm/hdfs-operator/templates/roles.yaml
index 1a7e23c1..6d4583c7 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/hdfs-operator/templates/roles.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/hdfs-operator/templates/roles.yaml
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ rules:
       - events
     verbs:
       - create
+      - patch
 {{ if .Capabilities.APIVersions.Has "security.openshift.io/v1" }}
   - apiGroups:
       - security.openshift.io