diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx/templates/clusterrole-ingress-nginx.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx/templates/clusterrole-ingress-nginx.yml.j2
index 3243e32c9..1df91ccd6 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx/templates/clusterrole-ingress-nginx.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx/templates/clusterrole-ingress-nginx.yml.j2
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ rules:
     verbs: ["get"]
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["services"]
-    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "update", "watch"]
   - apiGroups: ["extensions","networking.k8s.io"]
     resources: ["ingresses"]
     verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx/templates/ds-ingress-nginx-controller.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx/templates/ds-ingress-nginx-controller.yml.j2
index 2561de074..47f2f1e33 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx/templates/ds-ingress-nginx-controller.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx/templates/ds-ingress-nginx-controller.yml.j2
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ spec:
         - name: ingress-nginx-controller
           image: {{ ingress_nginx_controller_image_repo }}:{{ ingress_nginx_controller_image_tag }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ k8s_image_pull_policy }}
+          lifecycle:
+            preStop:
+              exec:
+                command:
+                  - /wait-shutdown
           args:
             - /nginx-ingress-controller
             - --configmap=$(POD_NAMESPACE)/ingress-nginx
@@ -84,16 +89,18 @@ spec:
               path: /healthz
               port: 10254
               scheme: HTTP
-            initialDelaySeconds: 5
+            initialDelaySeconds: 10
+            periodSeconds: 10
             timeoutSeconds: 5
             successThreshold: 1
-            failureThreshold: 10
-          readinessProbe:
             failureThreshold: 3
+          readinessProbe:
             httpGet:
               path: /healthz
               port: 10254
               scheme: HTTP
+            initialDelaySeconds: 10
+            periodSeconds: 10
             timeoutSeconds: 5
             successThreshold: 1
-            failureThreshold: 10
+            failureThreshold: 3
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx/templates/role-ingress-nginx.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx/templates/role-ingress-nginx.yml.j2
index f224fae2c..218b23747 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx/templates/role-ingress-nginx.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ingress_controller/ingress_nginx/templates/role-ingress-nginx.yml.j2
@@ -9,8 +9,20 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: ingress-nginx
 rules:
   - apiGroups: [""]
-    resources: ["configmaps", "pods", "secrets", "namespaces"]
+    resources: ["namespaces"]
     verbs: ["get"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["configmaps", "pods", "secrets", "endpoints"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["services"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "update", "watch"]
+  - apiGroups: ["extensions", "networking.k8s.io"]
+    resources: ["ingresses"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  - apiGroups: ["extensions", "networking.k8s.io"]
+    resources: ["ingresses/status"]
+    verbs: ["update"]
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["configmaps"]
     # Defaults to "<election-id>-<ingress-class>"
@@ -24,7 +36,10 @@ rules:
     verbs: ["create"]
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["endpoints"]
-    verbs: ["get"]
+    verbs: ["create", "get", "update"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["events"]
+    verbs: ["create", "patch"]
   - apiGroups: ["policy"]
     resourceNames: ["ingress-nginx"]
     resources: ["podsecuritypolicies"]