diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/examples/oci-ip-cluster-autoscaler-w-config.yaml b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/examples/oci-ip-cluster-autoscaler-w-config.yaml
index d4f3368f4bca..84153e02f2e0 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/examples/oci-ip-cluster-autoscaler-w-config.yaml
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/examples/oci-ip-cluster-autoscaler-w-config.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ rules:
     resources: ["endpoints"]
     resourceNames: ["cluster-autoscaler"]
     verbs: ["get", "update"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["namespaces"]
+    verbs: ["watch", "list", "get"]
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["nodes"]
     verbs: ["watch", "list", "get", "patch", "update"]
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ rules:
     resources: ["statefulsets", "replicasets", "daemonsets"]
     verbs: ["watch", "list", "get"]
   - apiGroups: ["storage.k8s.io"]
-    resources: ["storageclasses", "csinodes"]
+    resources: ["storageclasses", "csinodes", "csistoragecapacities", "csidrivers"]
     verbs: ["watch", "list", "get"]
   - apiGroups: ["batch", "extensions"]
     resources: ["jobs"]
@@ -158,6 +161,8 @@ spec:
           env:
             - name: OCI_USE_INSTANCE_PRINCIPAL
               value: "false"
+            - name: OCI_SDK_APPEND_USER_AGENT
+              value: "oci-oke-cluster-autoscaler"
           volumeMounts:
             - name: oci-config-vol
               mountPath: "/root/.oci"
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/examples/oci-ip-cluster-autoscaler-w-principals.yaml b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/examples/oci-ip-cluster-autoscaler-w-principals.yaml
index 39b9f8f4b749..e954b814c3a2 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/examples/oci-ip-cluster-autoscaler-w-principals.yaml
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/examples/oci-ip-cluster-autoscaler-w-principals.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ rules:
     resources: ["endpoints"]
     resourceNames: ["cluster-autoscaler"]
     verbs: ["get", "update"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["namespaces"]
+    verbs: ["watch", "list", "get"]
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["nodes"]
     verbs: ["watch", "list", "get", "patch", "update"]
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ rules:
     resources: ["statefulsets", "replicasets", "daemonsets"]
     verbs: ["watch", "list", "get"]
   - apiGroups: ["storage.k8s.io"]
-    resources: ["storageclasses", "csinodes"]
+    resources: ["storageclasses", "csinodes", "csistoragecapacities", "csidrivers"]
     verbs: ["watch", "list", "get"]
   - apiGroups: ["batch", "extensions"]
     resources: ["jobs"]
@@ -158,3 +161,5 @@ spec:
           env:
             - name: OCI_USE_INSTANCE_PRINCIPAL
               value: "true"
+            - name: OCI_SDK_APPEND_USER_AGENT
+              value: "oci-oke-cluster-autoscaler"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/examples/oci-nodepool-cluster-autoscaler-w-principals.yaml b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/examples/oci-nodepool-cluster-autoscaler-w-principals.yaml
index 0c866deb32f1..86082cca8e19 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/examples/oci-nodepool-cluster-autoscaler-w-principals.yaml
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/examples/oci-nodepool-cluster-autoscaler-w-principals.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ rules:
     resources: ["endpoints"]
     resourceNames: ["cluster-autoscaler"]
     verbs: ["get", "update"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["namespaces"]
+    verbs: ["watch", "list", "get"]
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["nodes"]
     verbs: ["watch", "list", "get", "patch", "update"]
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ rules:
     resources: ["statefulsets", "replicasets", "daemonsets"]
     verbs: ["watch", "list", "get"]
   - apiGroups: ["storage.k8s.io"]
-    resources: ["storageclasses", "csinodes"]
+    resources: ["storageclasses", "csinodes", "csistoragecapacities", "csidrivers"]
     verbs: ["watch", "list", "get"]
   - apiGroups: ["batch", "extensions"]
     resources: ["jobs"]
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/instancepools/oci_instance_pool_manager.go b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/instancepools/oci_instance_pool_manager.go
index f908c1699258..6aa36f0509e0 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/instancepools/oci_instance_pool_manager.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/instancepools/oci_instance_pool_manager.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package instancepools
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	npconsts "k8s.io/autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler/cloudprovider/oci/nodepools/consts"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ func CreateInstancePoolManager(cloudConfigPath string, discoveryOpts cloudprovid
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		// try instance principal is set to true
-	} else if os.Getenv(consts.OciUseInstancePrincipalEnvVar) == "true" {
+	} else if os.Getenv(consts.OciUseInstancePrincipalEnvVar) == "true" || os.Getenv(npconsts.OkeUseInstancePrincipalEnvVar) == "true" {
 		klog.V(4).Info("using instance principals...")
 		configProvider, err = auth.InstancePrincipalConfigurationProvider()
 		if err != nil {