diff --git a/control-plane-operator/controllers/hostedcontrolplane/assets/cluster-version-operator/cluster-version-operator-deployment.yaml b/control-plane-operator/controllers/hostedcontrolplane/assets/cluster-version-operator/cluster-version-operator-deployment.yaml
index bdede743818..df01aaceea5 100644
--- a/control-plane-operator/controllers/hostedcontrolplane/assets/cluster-version-operator/cluster-version-operator-deployment.yaml
+++ b/control-plane-operator/controllers/hostedcontrolplane/assets/cluster-version-operator/cluster-version-operator-deployment.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ spec:
             - "--enable-auto-update=false"
             - "--enable-default-cluster-version=true"
             - "--kubeconfig=/etc/openshift/kubeconfig/kubeconfig"
+            - "--listen="
             - "--v=4"
           terminationMessagePolicy: FallbackToLogsOnError
           volumeMounts: