diff --git a/internal/rootcoord/root_coord.go b/internal/rootcoord/root_coord.go
index 612b3838fa1b6..11c2c06f70071 100644
--- a/internal/rootcoord/root_coord.go
+++ b/internal/rootcoord/root_coord.go
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ func (c *Core) initPublicRolePrivilege() error {
 	// grant privileges for the public role
 	globalPrivileges := []string{
 		commonpb.ObjectPrivilege_PrivilegeDescribeCollection.String(),
+		commonpb.ObjectPrivilege_PrivilegeListAliases.String(),
 	}
 	collectionPrivileges := []string{
 		commonpb.ObjectPrivilege_PrivilegeIndexDetail.String(),
diff --git a/internal/rootcoord/root_coord_test.go b/internal/rootcoord/root_coord_test.go
index 59cd1d95409d4..62b8b16811d85 100644
--- a/internal/rootcoord/root_coord_test.go
+++ b/internal/rootcoord/root_coord_test.go
@@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ func TestCore_InitRBAC(t *testing.T) {
 		meta := mockrootcoord.NewIMetaTable(t)
 		c := newTestCore(withHealthyCode(), withMeta(meta))
 		meta.EXPECT().CreateRole(mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil).Twice()
-		meta.EXPECT().OperatePrivilege(mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil).Twice()
+		meta.EXPECT().OperatePrivilege(mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil).Times(3)
 
 		Params.Save(Params.RoleCfg.Enabled.Key, "false")
 		Params.Save(Params.ProxyCfg.EnablePublicPrivilege.Key, "true")