diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/util.go b/pkg/reconciler/util.go
index f5c62c38..ebed76fd 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/util.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/util.go
@@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ func sortObjectsForApply[T client.Object](s []T, orderFunc func(client.Object) i
 		"StorageClass.storage.k8s.io":                                 -2,
 		"ConfigMap":                                                   -1,
 		"Secret":                                                      -1,
-		"ClusterRole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io":                       -1,
-		"Role.rbac.authorization.k8s.io":                              -1,
+		"ClusterRole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io":                       -2,
+		"Role.rbac.authorization.k8s.io":                              -2,
 		"ClusterRoleBinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io":                -1,
 		"RoleBinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io":                       -1,
 		"APIService.apiregistration.k8s.io":                           1,