diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a9b78ec1bd95a5f59bcaec531f7b1812448f09f4..15eb3155e4ced3b0e0f4d7f536276d5325717995 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 .bash_history
 .vscode
 .idea/
+/tmp
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 93161df58f3dae6b2d9d8ba2e07dccf0fd029eb3..ed3a58a061fcbf9e572cb8cdd60424fa3856d964 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION := v1.1.1
+VERSION := v1.2.0-rc0
 
 # Name of this service/application
 SERVICE_NAME := redis-operator
diff --git a/charts/redisoperator/templates/service-account.yaml b/charts/redisoperator/templates/service-account.yaml
index b136238d24aa6507cbee7f082ff1f721e3378006..940339d2250257be2429488b1d140b3713a0e84f 100644
--- a/charts/redisoperator/templates/service-account.yaml
+++ b/charts/redisoperator/templates/service-account.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ rules:
       - patch
       - update
       - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+    - coordination.k8s.io
+    resources:
+    - leases
+    verbs:
+    - create
+    - get
+    - list
+    - update
   - apiGroups:
       - ""
     resources:
diff --git a/example/operator/roles.yaml b/example/operator/roles.yaml
index b57180e5fb047db1c4b37ab802c07a4d6d2d01be..4d4611b3fd3030c5cafee7ce1909f6892f9ce758 100644
--- a/example/operator/roles.yaml
+++ b/example/operator/roles.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ rules:
       - customresourcedefinitions
     verbs:
       - "*"
+  - apiGroups:
+    - coordination.k8s.io
+    resources:
+    - leases
+    verbs:
+    - create
+    - get
+    - list
+    - update
   - apiGroups:
       - ""
     resources: