Discord JS Manage Roles Permission Missing even though bot is admin

Question

My Discord bot isn't adding the role to the user who uses the command.

My Code:

if (userCmd.toLowerCase() === `${prefix}verify`) {
  if (message.member.roles.cache.find(role => role.name === 'Rookie' && message.channel.id === '71xxxxxxxxxxx10')) {
  const rookieRole = message.member.guild.roles.cache.find(role => role.name === 'Rookie')
  const proRole = message.member.guild.roles.cache.find(role => role.name === 'Pro')

  try {
    if (message.guild.me.permissions.missing('MANAGE_ROLES')) return message.reply('I\'m missing permissions.');
    if (message.author.id === message.guild.ownerID) return message.reply('I can\'t change your ROLE.');

    message.member.roles.add(proRole)
  } catch(err) {
    console.error(err);
  }
}

I tried everything possible: Removed and added the bot with all permissions again, moved the BOT ROLE at top in the hierarchy of roles, etc.

DiscordAPIError: Missing Permissions

EDIT: For no reason, using only message.member.roles.add(proRole) makes my bot work :v

Answer 1

I just came across this same problem, and nothing I did was helping out. Until, I came across a reddit post, 3 years old. That did the trick.

In server settings, literally drag the bots role above the roles it will be assigning.

Credit: Reddit Comment