diff --git a/polaris-core/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/core/auth/PolarisAuthorizerImpl.java b/polaris-core/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/core/auth/PolarisAuthorizerImpl.java
index 2658539491..d9aff50bc7 100644
--- a/polaris-core/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/core/auth/PolarisAuthorizerImpl.java
+++ b/polaris-core/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/core/auth/PolarisAuthorizerImpl.java
@@ -507,20 +507,28 @@ public class PolarisAuthorizerImpl implements PolarisAuthorizer {
             POLICY_FULL_METADATA,
             CATALOG_MANAGE_METADATA,
             CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT));
-    SUPER_PRIVILEGES.putAll(POLICY_ATTACH, List.of(POLICY_ATTACH, CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT));
-    SUPER_PRIVILEGES.putAll(POLICY_DETACH, List.of(POLICY_DETACH, CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT));
     SUPER_PRIVILEGES.putAll(
-        CATALOG_ATTACH_POLICY, List.of(CATALOG_ATTACH_POLICY, CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT));
+        POLICY_ATTACH, List.of(POLICY_ATTACH, CATALOG_MANAGE_METADATA, CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT));
     SUPER_PRIVILEGES.putAll(
-        NAMESPACE_ATTACH_POLICY, List.of(NAMESPACE_ATTACH_POLICY, CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT));
+        POLICY_DETACH, List.of(POLICY_DETACH, CATALOG_MANAGE_METADATA, CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT));
     SUPER_PRIVILEGES.putAll(
-        TABLE_ATTACH_POLICY, List.of(TABLE_ATTACH_POLICY, CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT));
+        CATALOG_ATTACH_POLICY,
+        List.of(CATALOG_ATTACH_POLICY, CATALOG_MANAGE_METADATA, CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT));
     SUPER_PRIVILEGES.putAll(
-        CATALOG_DETACH_POLICY, List.of(CATALOG_DETACH_POLICY, CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT));
+        NAMESPACE_ATTACH_POLICY,
+        List.of(NAMESPACE_ATTACH_POLICY, CATALOG_MANAGE_METADATA, CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT));
     SUPER_PRIVILEGES.putAll(
-        NAMESPACE_DETACH_POLICY, List.of(NAMESPACE_DETACH_POLICY, CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT));
+        TABLE_ATTACH_POLICY,
+        List.of(TABLE_ATTACH_POLICY, CATALOG_MANAGE_METADATA, CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT));
     SUPER_PRIVILEGES.putAll(
-        TABLE_DETACH_POLICY, List.of(TABLE_DETACH_POLICY, CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT));
+        CATALOG_DETACH_POLICY,
+        List.of(CATALOG_DETACH_POLICY, CATALOG_MANAGE_METADATA, CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT));
+    SUPER_PRIVILEGES.putAll(
+        NAMESPACE_DETACH_POLICY,
+        List.of(NAMESPACE_DETACH_POLICY, CATALOG_MANAGE_METADATA, CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT));
+    SUPER_PRIVILEGES.putAll(
+        TABLE_DETACH_POLICY,
+        List.of(TABLE_DETACH_POLICY, CATALOG_MANAGE_METADATA, CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT));
   }
 
   private final PolarisConfigurationStore featureConfig;
diff --git a/quarkus/service/src/test/java/org/apache/polaris/service/quarkus/catalog/PolicyCatalogHandlerAuthzTest.java b/quarkus/service/src/test/java/org/apache/polaris/service/quarkus/catalog/PolicyCatalogHandlerAuthzTest.java
index e4505ebe51..46b5bee7ff 100644
--- a/quarkus/service/src/test/java/org/apache/polaris/service/quarkus/catalog/PolicyCatalogHandlerAuthzTest.java
+++ b/quarkus/service/src/test/java/org/apache/polaris/service/quarkus/catalog/PolicyCatalogHandlerAuthzTest.java
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ public void testAttachPolicyToCatalogSufficientPrivileges() {
     doTestSufficientPrivilegeSets(
         List.of(
             Set.of(PolarisPrivilege.POLICY_ATTACH, PolarisPrivilege.CATALOG_ATTACH_POLICY),
+            Set.of(PolarisPrivilege.CATALOG_MANAGE_METADATA),
             Set.of(PolarisPrivilege.CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT)),
         () -> newWrapper(Set.of(PRINCIPAL_ROLE1)).attachPolicy(POLICY_NS1_1, attachPolicyRequest),
         () -> newWrapper(Set.of(PRINCIPAL_ROLE2)).detachPolicy(POLICY_NS1_1, detachPolicyRequest),
@@ -405,6 +406,7 @@ public void testAttachPolicyToNamespaceSufficientPrivileges() {
     doTestSufficientPrivilegeSets(
         List.of(
             Set.of(PolarisPrivilege.POLICY_ATTACH, PolarisPrivilege.NAMESPACE_ATTACH_POLICY),
+            Set.of(PolarisPrivilege.CATALOG_MANAGE_METADATA),
             Set.of(PolarisPrivilege.CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT)),
         () -> newWrapper(Set.of(PRINCIPAL_ROLE1)).attachPolicy(POLICY_NS1_1, attachPolicyRequest),
         () -> newWrapper(Set.of(PRINCIPAL_ROLE2)).detachPolicy(POLICY_NS1_1, detachPolicyRequest));
@@ -453,6 +455,7 @@ public void testAttachPolicyToTableSufficientPrivileges() {
     doTestSufficientPrivilegeSets(
         List.of(
             Set.of(PolarisPrivilege.POLICY_ATTACH, PolarisPrivilege.TABLE_ATTACH_POLICY),
+            Set.of(PolarisPrivilege.CATALOG_MANAGE_METADATA),
             Set.of(PolarisPrivilege.CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT)),
         () -> newWrapper(Set.of(PRINCIPAL_ROLE1)).attachPolicy(POLICY_NS1_1, attachPolicyRequest),
         () -> newWrapper(Set.of(PRINCIPAL_ROLE2)).detachPolicy(POLICY_NS1_1, detachPolicyRequest));
@@ -507,6 +510,7 @@ public void testDetachPolicyFromCatalogSufficientPrivileges() {
     doTestSufficientPrivilegeSets(
         List.of(
             Set.of(PolarisPrivilege.POLICY_DETACH, PolarisPrivilege.CATALOG_DETACH_POLICY),
+            Set.of(PolarisPrivilege.CATALOG_MANAGE_METADATA),
             Set.of(PolarisPrivilege.CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT)),
         () -> newWrapper(Set.of(PRINCIPAL_ROLE1)).detachPolicy(POLICY_NS1_1, detachPolicyRequest),
         () ->
@@ -589,6 +593,7 @@ public void testDetachPolicyFromNamespaceSufficientPrivileges() {
     doTestSufficientPrivilegeSets(
         List.of(
             Set.of(PolarisPrivilege.POLICY_DETACH, PolarisPrivilege.NAMESPACE_DETACH_POLICY),
+            Set.of(PolarisPrivilege.CATALOG_MANAGE_METADATA),
             Set.of(PolarisPrivilege.CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT)),
         () -> newWrapper(Set.of(PRINCIPAL_ROLE1)).detachPolicy(POLICY_NS1_1, detachPolicyRequest),
         () ->
@@ -674,6 +679,7 @@ public void testDetachPolicyFromTableSufficientPrivileges() {
     doTestSufficientPrivilegeSets(
         List.of(
             Set.of(PolarisPrivilege.POLICY_DETACH, PolarisPrivilege.TABLE_DETACH_POLICY),
+            Set.of(PolarisPrivilege.CATALOG_MANAGE_METADATA),
             Set.of(PolarisPrivilege.CATALOG_MANAGE_CONTENT)),
         () -> newWrapper(Set.of(PRINCIPAL_ROLE1)).detachPolicy(POLICY_NS1_1, detachPolicyRequest),
         () ->