diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bf3ad806..b1aad75f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Add missing `deletecollection` RBAC permission for Spark drivers. Previously this caused confusing error
+  messages in the spark driver log (`User "system:serviceaccount:default:my-spark-app" cannot deletecollection resource "configmaps" in API group "" in the namespace "default".`) ([#313]).
+
+[#313]: https://github.com/stackabletech/spark-k8s-operator/pull/313
+
 ## [23.11.0] - 2023-11-24
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/deploy/helm/spark-k8s-operator/templates/spark-clusterrole.yaml b/deploy/helm/spark-k8s-operator/templates/spark-clusterrole.yaml
index 1d985aa0..e3f0daef 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/spark-k8s-operator/templates/spark-clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/spark-k8s-operator/templates/spark-clusterrole.yaml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ rules:
     verbs:
       - create
       - delete
+      - deletecollection
       - get
       - list
       - patch