diff --git a/pkg/controller/bundle/bundle_unpacker.go b/pkg/controller/bundle/bundle_unpacker.go
index 5f2d94d26e..7d2614bb01 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/bundle/bundle_unpacker.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/bundle/bundle_unpacker.go
@@ -117,8 +117,9 @@ func (c *ConfigMapUnpacker) job(cmRef *corev1.ObjectReference, bundlePath string
 					// By setting restartPolicy = "Never" the pods don't get cleaned up since they're not running after a failure.
 					// Keeping the pods around after failures helps in inspecting the logs of a failed bundle unpack job.
 					// See: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/job/#pod-backoff-failure-policy
-					RestartPolicy:    corev1.RestartPolicyNever,
-					ImagePullSecrets: secrets,
+					RestartPolicy:      corev1.RestartPolicyNever,
+					ServiceAccountName: cmRef.Name,
+					ImagePullSecrets:   secrets,
 					SecurityContext: &corev1.PodSecurityContext{
 						SeccompProfile: &corev1.SeccompProfile{
 							Type: corev1.SeccompProfileTypeRuntimeDefault,
@@ -337,6 +338,7 @@ type ConfigMapUnpacker struct {
 	podLister     listerscorev1.PodLister
 	roleLister    listersrbacv1.RoleLister
 	rbLister      listersrbacv1.RoleBindingLister
+	saLister      listerscorev1.ServiceAccountLister
 	loader        *configmap.BundleLoader
 	now           func() metav1.Time
 	unpackTimeout time.Duration
@@ -424,6 +426,12 @@ func WithRoleBindingLister(rbLister listersrbacv1.RoleBindingLister) ConfigMapUn
 	}
 }
 
+func WithServiceAccountLister(saLister listerscorev1.ServiceAccountLister) ConfigMapUnpackerOption {
+	return func(unpacker *ConfigMapUnpacker) {
+		unpacker.saLister = saLister
+	}
+}
+
 func WithNow(now func() metav1.Time) ConfigMapUnpackerOption {
 	return func(unpacker *ConfigMapUnpacker) {
 		unpacker.now = now
@@ -536,6 +544,11 @@ func (c *ConfigMapUnpacker) UnpackBundle(lookup *operatorsv1alpha1.BundleLookup,
 		return
 	}
 
+	_, err = c.ensureServiceAccount(cmRef)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
 	_, err = c.ensureRoleBinding(cmRef)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
@@ -791,13 +804,36 @@ func (c *ConfigMapUnpacker) ensureRole(cmRef *corev1.ObjectReference) (role *rba
 	return
 }
 
+func (c *ConfigMapUnpacker) ensureServiceAccount(cmRef *corev1.ObjectReference) (serviceAccount *corev1.ServiceAccount, err error) {
+	fresh := &corev1.ServiceAccount{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      cmRef.Name,
+			Namespace: cmRef.Namespace,
+		},
+	}
+
+	fresh.SetOwnerReferences([]metav1.OwnerReference{ownerRef(cmRef)})
+	fresh.SetLabels(map[string]string{install.OLMManagedLabelKey: install.OLMManagedLabelValue})
+
+	serviceAccount, err = c.saLister.ServiceAccounts(fresh.GetNamespace()).Get(fresh.GetName())
+
+	if err != nil {
+		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			serviceAccount, err = c.client.CoreV1().ServiceAccounts(fresh.GetNamespace()).Create(context.TODO(), fresh, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
 func (c *ConfigMapUnpacker) ensureRoleBinding(cmRef *corev1.ObjectReference) (roleBinding *rbacv1.RoleBinding, err error) {
 	fresh := &rbacv1.RoleBinding{
 		Subjects: []rbacv1.Subject{
 			{
 				Kind:      "ServiceAccount",
 				APIGroup:  "",
-				Name:      "default",
+				Name:      cmRef.Name,
 				Namespace: cmRef.Namespace,
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/controller/bundle/bundle_unpacker_test.go b/pkg/controller/bundle/bundle_unpacker_test.go
index f9ec614d5c..c2b53dd354 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/bundle/bundle_unpacker_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/bundle/bundle_unpacker_test.go
@@ -274,8 +274,9 @@ func TestConfigMapUnpacker(t *testing.T) {
 									},
 								},
 								Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
-									RestartPolicy:    corev1.RestartPolicyNever,
-									ImagePullSecrets: []corev1.LocalObjectReference{{Name: "my-secret"}},
+									RestartPolicy:      corev1.RestartPolicyNever,
+									ServiceAccountName: pathHash,
+									ImagePullSecrets:   []corev1.LocalObjectReference{{Name: "my-secret"}},
 									SecurityContext: &corev1.PodSecurityContext{
 										RunAsNonRoot: ptr.To(bool(true)),
 										RunAsUser:    ptr.To(int64(runAsUser)),
@@ -450,7 +451,7 @@ func TestConfigMapUnpacker(t *testing.T) {
 							{
 								Kind:      "ServiceAccount",
 								APIGroup:  "",
-								Name:      "default",
+								Name:      pathHash,
 								Namespace: "ns-a",
 							},
 						},
@@ -494,7 +495,8 @@ func TestConfigMapUnpacker(t *testing.T) {
 									},
 								},
 								Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
-									RestartPolicy: corev1.RestartPolicyNever,
+									RestartPolicy:      corev1.RestartPolicyNever,
+									ServiceAccountName: digestHash,
 									SecurityContext: &corev1.PodSecurityContext{
 										RunAsNonRoot: ptr.To(bool(true)),
 										RunAsUser:    ptr.To(int64(runAsUser)),
@@ -753,7 +755,8 @@ func TestConfigMapUnpacker(t *testing.T) {
 									},
 								},
 								Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
-									RestartPolicy: corev1.RestartPolicyNever,
+									RestartPolicy:      corev1.RestartPolicyNever,
+									ServiceAccountName: digestHash,
 									SecurityContext: &corev1.PodSecurityContext{
 										RunAsNonRoot: ptr.To(bool(true)),
 										RunAsUser:    ptr.To(int64(runAsUser)),
@@ -941,7 +944,7 @@ func TestConfigMapUnpacker(t *testing.T) {
 							{
 								Kind:      "ServiceAccount",
 								APIGroup:  "",
-								Name:      "default",
+								Name:      digestHash,
 								Namespace: "ns-a",
 							},
 						},
@@ -1007,7 +1010,8 @@ func TestConfigMapUnpacker(t *testing.T) {
 									},
 								},
 								Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
-									RestartPolicy: corev1.RestartPolicyNever,
+									RestartPolicy:      corev1.RestartPolicyNever,
+									ServiceAccountName: pathHash,
 									SecurityContext: &corev1.PodSecurityContext{
 										RunAsNonRoot: ptr.To(bool(true)),
 										RunAsUser:    ptr.To(int64(runAsUser)),
@@ -1231,7 +1235,8 @@ func TestConfigMapUnpacker(t *testing.T) {
 									},
 								},
 								Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
-									RestartPolicy: corev1.RestartPolicyNever,
+									RestartPolicy:      corev1.RestartPolicyNever,
+									ServiceAccountName: pathHash,
 									SecurityContext: &corev1.PodSecurityContext{
 										RunAsNonRoot: ptr.To(bool(true)),
 										RunAsUser:    ptr.To(int64(runAsUser)),
@@ -1468,7 +1473,8 @@ func TestConfigMapUnpacker(t *testing.T) {
 									},
 								},
 								Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
-									RestartPolicy: corev1.RestartPolicyNever,
+									RestartPolicy:      corev1.RestartPolicyNever,
+									ServiceAccountName: pathHash,
 									SecurityContext: &corev1.PodSecurityContext{
 										RunAsNonRoot: ptr.To(bool(true)),
 										RunAsUser:    ptr.To(int64(runAsUser)),
@@ -1618,6 +1624,7 @@ func TestConfigMapUnpacker(t *testing.T) {
 			podLister := factory.Core().V1().Pods().Lister()
 			roleLister := factory.Rbac().V1().Roles().Lister()
 			rbLister := factory.Rbac().V1().RoleBindings().Lister()
+			saLister := factory.Core().V1().ServiceAccounts().Lister()
 
 			stop := make(chan struct{})
 			defer close(stop)
@@ -1639,6 +1646,7 @@ func TestConfigMapUnpacker(t *testing.T) {
 				WithPodLister(podLister),
 				WithRoleLister(roleLister),
 				WithRoleBindingLister(rbLister),
+				WithServiceAccountLister(saLister),
 				WithOPMImage(opmImage),
 				WithUtilImage(utilImage),
 				WithNow(now),
diff --git a/pkg/controller/operators/catalog/operator.go b/pkg/controller/operators/catalog/operator.go
index 24336fbd95..069e08ab76 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/operators/catalog/operator.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/operators/catalog/operator.go
@@ -736,6 +736,7 @@ func NewOperator(ctx context.Context, kubeconfigPath string, clock utilclock.Clo
 		bundle.WithPodLister(buPodInformer.Lister()),
 		bundle.WithRoleLister(roleInformer.Lister()),
 		bundle.WithRoleBindingLister(roleBindingInformer.Lister()),
+		bundle.WithServiceAccountLister(serviceAccountInformer.Lister()),
 		bundle.WithOPMImage(opmImage),
 		bundle.WithUtilImage(utilImage),
 		bundle.WithNow(op.now),