diff --git a/config/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml b/config/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml
index d719e11c..517b8202 100644
--- a/config/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml
+++ b/config/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ spec:
           allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
           capabilities:
             drop: [ "ALL" ]
+        terminationMessagePolicy: FallbackToLogsOnError
       - name: manager
         args:
         - "--health-probe-bind-address=:8081"
diff --git a/config/manager/manager.yaml b/config/manager/manager.yaml
index 15ec31f5..50c14979 100644
--- a/config/manager/manager.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/manager.yaml
@@ -62,5 +62,6 @@ spec:
           requests:
             cpu: 10m
             memory: 64Mi
+        terminationMessagePolicy: FallbackToLogsOnError
       serviceAccountName: controller-manager
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
diff --git a/manifests/06-deployment.yaml b/manifests/06-deployment.yaml
index 46cc1380..fee7931d 100644
--- a/manifests/06-deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/06-deployment.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ spec:
           capabilities:
             drop:
             - ALL
+        terminationMessagePolicy: FallbackToLogsOnError
       - args:
         - --health-probe-bind-address=:8081
         - --metrics-bind-address=127.0.0.1:8080
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ spec:
           capabilities:
             drop:
             - ALL
+        terminationMessagePolicy: FallbackToLogsOnError
       priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical
       securityContext:
         runAsNonRoot: true