diff --git a/prometheus-openstack-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml b/prometheus-openstack-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml
index 3f16c105e..64a7cc7de 100644
--- a/prometheus-openstack-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/prometheus-openstack-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ spec:
       labels:
 {{ tuple $envAll "prometheus-openstack-exporter" "exporter" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_metadata_labels" | indent 8 }}
     spec:
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "openstack_exporter" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_security_context" | indent 6 }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ $serviceAccountName }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{ .Values.labels.openstack_exporter.node_selector_key }}: {{ .Values.labels.openstack_exporter.node_selector_value | quote }}
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ spec:
         - name: openstack-metrics-exporter
 {{ tuple $envAll "prometheus_openstack_exporter" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
 {{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.prometheus_openstack_exporter | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 10 }}
+          securityContext:
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
           command:
             - /tmp/prometheus-openstack-exporter.sh
             - start
diff --git a/prometheus-openstack-exporter/values.yaml b/prometheus-openstack-exporter/values.yaml
index f1e9d47b9..621cd524b 100644
--- a/prometheus-openstack-exporter/values.yaml
+++ b/prometheus-openstack-exporter/values.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ labels:
     node_selector_value: enabled
 
 pod:
+  user:
+    openstack_exporter:
+      uid: 65534
   affinity:
     anti:
       type: