diff --git a/src/components/hosts/RoleDropdown.tsx b/src/components/hosts/RoleDropdown.tsx
index 545c1e0646..97c390798b 100644
--- a/src/components/hosts/RoleDropdown.tsx
+++ b/src/components/hosts/RoleDropdown.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import { SimpleDropdown } from '../ui/SimpleDropdown';
 import { patchCluster } from '../../api/clusters';
 import { HOST_ROLES } from '../../config/constants';
 import { updateCluster } from '../../features/clusters/currentClusterSlice';
-import { handleApiError } from '../../api/utils';
+import { handleApiError, getErrorMessage } from '../../api/utils';
+import { AlertsContext } from '../AlertsContextProvider';
 
 type RoleDropdownProps = {
   host: Host;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ export const RoleDropdown: React.FC<RoleDropdownProps> = ({ host }) => {
   const { role, id, clusterId } = host;
   const [isDisabled, setDisabled] = React.useState(false);
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
+  const { addAlert } = React.useContext(AlertsContext);
 
   const setRole = async (role?: string) => {
     const params: ClusterUpdateParams = {};
@@ -24,7 +26,9 @@ export const RoleDropdown: React.FC<RoleDropdownProps> = ({ host }) => {
       const { data } = await patchCluster(clusterId as string, params);
       dispatch(updateCluster(data));
     } catch (e) {
-      handleApiError(e);
+      handleApiError(e, () =>
+        addAlert({ title: 'Failed to set role', message: getErrorMessage(e) }),
+      );
     }
     setDisabled(false);
   };