diff --git a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-clusterRole.yaml b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-clusterRole.yaml
index 9b96af3cc2b6c6013c52b825bd092845f6279571..87a535ac16533f53cef737e8fe74e4dba987a7e3 100644
--- a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-clusterRole.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-clusterRole.yaml
@@ -82,3 +82,10 @@ rules:
   verbs:
   - list
   - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - storage.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - storageclass
+  verbs:
+  - list
+  - watch
diff --git a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml
index 260cce68833074969a4abcafc9744a1a74b6e051..4171cd0f0d37acf40b53c13c671e2588c417a556 100644
--- a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ spec:
         - --port=8081
         - --telemetry-host=127.0.0.1
         - --telemetry-port=8082
-        image: quay.io/coreos/kube-state-metrics:v1.6.0
+        image: quay.io/coreos/kube-state-metrics:v1.7.0-rc.1
         name: kube-state-metrics
         resources:
           limits: