diff --git a/core-services/prow/02_config/_config.yaml b/core-services/prow/02_config/_config.yaml
index a0bec23907c81..7779c7ed5a5f9 100644
--- a/core-services/prow/02_config/_config.yaml
+++ b/core-services/prow/02_config/_config.yaml
@@ -804,6 +804,15 @@ tide:
                 - ci/prow/lint
                 - ci/prow/test
                 - ci/prow/validate
+          rbac-permissions-operator:
+            branches:
+              master:
+                required-if-present-contexts:
+                - ci/prow/coverage
+                - ci/prow/e2e-binary-build-success
+                - ci/prow/lint
+                - ci/prow/test
+                - ci/prow/validate
           release:
             skip-unknown-contexts: true
       openshift-priv:
diff --git a/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/rbac-permissions-operator/_prowconfig.yaml b/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/rbac-permissions-operator/_prowconfig.yaml
index 9ded18d30f66c..ba0501101c12e 100644
--- a/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/rbac-permissions-operator/_prowconfig.yaml
+++ b/core-services/prow/02_config/openshift/rbac-permissions-operator/_prowconfig.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+branch-protection:
+  orgs:
+    openshift:
+      repos:
+        rbac-permissions-operator:
+          branches:
+            master:
+              protect: true
+              required_status_checks:
+                contexts:
+                - Konflux kflux-prd-rh03 / rbac-permissions-operator-on-pull-request
+                - ci/prow/images
 tide:
   queries:
   - labels: