diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 1afcceee798..1ee6bd60da0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -178,3 +178,4 @@
 - Agent can be built for `darwin/arm64`. When it's built for both `darwin/arm64` and `darwin/adm64` a universal binary is also built and packaged. {pull}203[203]
 - Add support for Cloudbeat. {pull}179[179]
 - Fix download verification in snapshot builds. {issue}252[252]
+- Add support for kubernetes cronjobs {pull}279[279]
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed-kubernetes.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed-kubernetes.yaml
index 3ccdcea561c..442d3eca9d3 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed-kubernetes.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed-kubernetes.yaml
@@ -195,8 +195,7 @@ rules:
   - apiGroups: [ "batch" ]
     resources:
       - jobs
-      # Uncomment if need metadata for cronjob objects in versions >= v1.21
-      #- cronjobs
+      - cronjobs
     verbs: [ "get", "list", "watch" ]
   # required for apiserver
   - nonResourceURLs:
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed/elastic-agent-managed-role.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed/elastic-agent-managed-role.yaml
index 49d4bd12999..a7e3df1279f 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed/elastic-agent-managed-role.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed/elastic-agent-managed-role.yaml
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ rules:
   - apiGroups: [ "batch" ]
     resources:
       - jobs
-      # Uncomment if need metadata for cronjob objects in versions >= v1.21
-      #- cronjobs
+      - cronjobs
     verbs: [ "get", "list", "watch" ]
   # required for apiserver
   - nonResourceURLs:
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone-kubernetes.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone-kubernetes.yaml
index 133c3a120b8..0bdd69aa17f 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone-kubernetes.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone-kubernetes.yaml
@@ -733,8 +733,7 @@ rules:
   - apiGroups: ["batch"]
     resources:
       - jobs
-      # Uncomment if need metadata for cronjob objects in versions >= v1.21
-      #- cronjobs
+      - cronjobs
     verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
   - apiGroups:
       - ""
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-role.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-role.yaml
index fe7d92d23c3..01322f89be1 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-role.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-role.yaml
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ rules:
   - apiGroups: ["batch"]
     resources:
       - jobs
-      # Uncomment if need metadata for cronjob objects in versions >= v1.21
-      #- cronjobs
+      - cronjobs
     verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
   - apiGroups:
       - ""