[root@centos-master ~]# cat rolebinding-deployment.yaml
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
  name: deployment-manager-binding
  namespace: default
  roleRef:
    apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
    kind: Role
    name: deployment-manager
  subjects:
    -
      apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
      kind: User
      name: root

[root@centos-master ~]# kubectl create --validate=false -f rolebinding-deployment.json
The RoleBinding "deployment-manager-binding" is invalid:
* roleRef.kind: Unsupported value: "": supported values: "Role", "ClusterRole"
* roleRef.name: Required value
[root@centos-master ~]#