diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/versions.json b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/versions.json
index 1d55d2eaed4c1e49e314c87bd7b08eb988705121..7cd8c6cf07333afd5b0aec56ec47f73c7eba2a51 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/versions.json
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/versions.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "alertmanager": "0.21.0",
   "blackboxExporter": "0.18.0",
   "grafana": "7.4.3",
-  "kubeStateMetrics": "2.0.0-rc.0",
+  "kubeStateMetrics": "2.0.0-rc.1",
   "nodeExporter": "1.1.1",
   "prometheus": "2.25.0",
   "prometheusAdapter": "0.8.3",
diff --git a/jsonnetfile.lock.json b/jsonnetfile.lock.json
index 537db026958db27afdca7fc2855b643bf1a351c7..943152b13f4235794f3a65c8425173a70cc6ef98 100644
--- a/jsonnetfile.lock.json
+++ b/jsonnetfile.lock.json
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@
           "subdir": "jsonnet/kube-state-metrics"
         }
       },
-      "version": "6ba0712daefa77e89c18f99f82cb8f2fc9d009ec",
-      "sum": "aE6e4P6NiMf5eQMv0w4hy+oSeLBzwCrjUSkP+DSgrro="
+      "version": "aafecf305bbb5c13fcec0ba3e749d1ffcb0d93e1",
+      "sum": "S5qI+PJUdNeYOv76jH5nxwYS9N6U7CRxvyuB1wI4cTE="
     },
     {
       "source": {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
           "subdir": "jsonnet/kube-state-metrics-mixin"
         }
       },
-      "version": "6ba0712daefa77e89c18f99f82cb8f2fc9d009ec",
+      "version": "aafecf305bbb5c13fcec0ba3e749d1ffcb0d93e1",
       "sum": "Yf8mNAHrV1YWzrdV8Ry5dJ8YblepTGw3C0Zp10XIYLo="
     },
     {
diff --git a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-clusterRole.yaml b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-clusterRole.yaml
index c1cd228b8927d672c6fcc4a738cefd36fe5a710b..d18a23bf082317da2464ec360b74720cff46c952 100644
--- a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-clusterRole.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-clusterRole.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: exporter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: kube-prometheus
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.0.0-rc.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.0.0-rc.1
   name: kube-state-metrics
 rules:
 - apiGroups:
@@ -26,15 +26,6 @@ rules:
   verbs:
   - list
   - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - extensions
-  resources:
-  - daemonsets
-  - deployments
-  - replicasets
-  verbs:
-  - list
-  - watch
 - apiGroups:
   - apps
   resources:
diff --git a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-clusterRoleBinding.yaml b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-clusterRoleBinding.yaml
index 4f524dd0edebb8504061d0ac5043f691f4265ee3..a635e6f0b51f7a1603b3d7ab52e3b9632219f658 100644
--- a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-clusterRoleBinding.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-clusterRoleBinding.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: exporter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: kube-prometheus
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.0.0-rc.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.0.0-rc.1
   name: kube-state-metrics
 roleRef:
   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
diff --git a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml
index 2438d40832e369ed840a8806512cbd9bac8c47a3..9f534b16f5b17b4d79042f1436fea2b03237af30 100644
--- a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: exporter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: kube-prometheus
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.0.0-rc.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.0.0-rc.1
   name: kube-state-metrics
   namespace: monitoring
 spec:
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ spec:
         app.kubernetes.io/component: exporter
         app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
         app.kubernetes.io/part-of: kube-prometheus
-        app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.0.0-rc.0
+        app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.0.0-rc.1
     spec:
       containers:
       - args:
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ spec:
         - --port=8081
         - --telemetry-host=127.0.0.1
         - --telemetry-port=8082
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics:v2.0.0-rc.0
+        image: k8s.gcr.io/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics:v2.0.0-rc.1
         name: kube-state-metrics
         resources:
           limits:
diff --git a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-prometheusRule.yaml b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-prometheusRule.yaml
index 4739e168465d96cb1052f6688c04bf406bdc83c8..b2b6f00ebac1c2310388ebcd80a4814dadb3ad79 100644
--- a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-prometheusRule.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-prometheusRule.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: exporter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: kube-prometheus
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.0.0-rc.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.0.0-rc.1
     prometheus: k8s
     role: alert-rules
   name: kube-state-metrics-rules
diff --git a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-service.yaml b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-service.yaml
index 6b1537d59b61fab66e786b52b98f89b6e5938024..bcbff985aedd056862ad1fe5f358c55323a31c1f 100644
--- a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-service.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-service.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: exporter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: kube-prometheus
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.0.0-rc.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.0.0-rc.1
   name: kube-state-metrics
   namespace: monitoring
 spec:
diff --git a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-serviceAccount.yaml b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-serviceAccount.yaml
index 99f341282eaf6469f0f1cb45cc3c2af17579f413..413df7e0b599c1e27bad4146f4393adcb1f9f628 100644
--- a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-serviceAccount.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-serviceAccount.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: exporter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: kube-prometheus
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.0.0-rc.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.0.0-rc.1
   name: kube-state-metrics
   namespace: monitoring
diff --git a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-serviceMonitor.yaml b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-serviceMonitor.yaml
index 6739bfdfcab155529df25820c9fb9d66724841f1..df301e3189e5de781de0b748f3fd89b2a590b8a0 100644
--- a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-serviceMonitor.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-serviceMonitor.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: exporter
     app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: kube-prometheus
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.0.0-rc.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.0.0-rc.1
   name: kube-state-metrics
   namespace: monitoring
 spec: