diff --git a/pkg/controller/workspace/workspace_controller.go b/pkg/controller/workspace/workspace_controller.go
index 4a022f85fc7ea0e80a8dd2859d9daec379e3450d..f2c36cdf34803042c9c128b01f247181fa654900 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/workspace/workspace_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/workspace/workspace_controller.go
@@ -574,10 +574,15 @@ func getWorkspaceAdmin(workspaceName string) *rbac.ClusterRole {
 			APIGroups: []string{"iam.kubesphere.io"},
 			Resources: []string{"users"},
 		},
+		{
+			Verbs:     []string{"get", "list"},
+			APIGroups: []string{"openpitrix.io"},
+			Resources: []string{"categories"},
+		},
 		{
 			Verbs:     []string{"*"},
 			APIGroups: []string{"openpitrix.io"},
-			Resources: []string{"applications", "apps", "apps/versions", "apps/events", "apps/action", "apps/audits", "repos", "repos/action", "categories", "attachments"},
+			Resources: []string{"applications", "apps", "apps/versions", "apps/events", "apps/action", "apps/audits", "repos", "repos/action", "attachments"},
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -610,13 +615,13 @@ func getWorkspaceRegular(workspaceName string) *rbac.ClusterRole {
 		{
 			Verbs:     []string{"get", "list"},
 			APIGroups: []string{"openpitrix.io"},
-			Resources: []string{"apps/events", "apps/action", "apps/audits"},
+			Resources: []string{"apps/events", "apps/action", "apps/audits", "categories"},
 		},
 
 		{
 			Verbs:     []string{"*"},
 			APIGroups: []string{"openpitrix.io"},
-			Resources: []string{"applications", "apps", "apps/versions", "repos", "repos/action", "categories", "attachments"},
+			Resources: []string{"applications", "apps", "apps/versions", "repos", "repos/action", "attachments"},
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/models/iam/am.go b/pkg/models/iam/am.go
index e1f4132da2203cf557a456e1aca801bd3b87a13a..3af5b3695c9277c201fe3c48d66e28767516dc16 100644
--- a/pkg/models/iam/am.go
+++ b/pkg/models/iam/am.go
@@ -481,7 +481,16 @@ func GetUserWorkspaceSimpleRules(workspace, username string) ([]models.SimpleRul
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// workspace manager
+	// cluster-admin
+	if RulesMatchesRequired(clusterRules, rbacv1.PolicyRule{
+		Verbs:     []string{"*"},
+		APIGroups: []string{"*"},
+		Resources: []string{"*"},
+	}) {
+		return GetWorkspaceRoleSimpleRules(workspace, constants.WorkspaceAdmin), nil
+	}
+
+	// workspaces-manager
 	if RulesMatchesRequired(clusterRules, rbacv1.PolicyRule{
 		Verbs:     []string{"*"},
 		APIGroups: []string{"*"},
@@ -498,6 +507,7 @@ func GetUserWorkspaceSimpleRules(workspace, username string) ([]models.SimpleRul
 		}
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
 	return GetWorkspaceRoleSimpleRules(workspace, workspaceRole.Annotations[constants.DisplayNameAnnotationKey]), nil
 }