diff --git a/mariadb/templates/deployment-error.yaml b/mariadb/templates/deployment-error.yaml
index 3c2891af0..a9361bc39 100644
--- a/mariadb/templates/deployment-error.yaml
+++ b/mariadb/templates/deployment-error.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       shareProcessNamespace: true
       serviceAccountName: {{ $serviceAccountName }}
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "error_pages" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_security_context" | indent 6 }}
       affinity:
 {{ tuple $envAll "mariadb" "ingress-error-pages" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_anti_affinity" | indent 8 }}
       nodeSelector:
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: ingress-error-pages
 {{ tuple $envAll "error_pages" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "error_pages" "container" "server" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
 {{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.error_pages | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 10 }}
           livenessProbe:
             httpGet:
diff --git a/mariadb/templates/deployment-ingress.yaml b/mariadb/templates/deployment-ingress.yaml
index 3660463cf..eff88fab8 100644
--- a/mariadb/templates/deployment-ingress.yaml
+++ b/mariadb/templates/deployment-ingress.yaml
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       shareProcessNamespace: true
       serviceAccountName: {{ $serviceAccountName }}
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "ingress" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_security_context" | indent 6 }}
       affinity:
 {{ tuple $envAll "mariadb" "ingress" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_anti_affinity" | indent 8 }}
       nodeSelector:
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: ingress
 {{ tuple $envAll "ingress" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "ingress" "container" "server" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
 {{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.ingress | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 10 }}
           readinessProbe:
             tcpSocket:
diff --git a/mariadb/templates/monitoring/prometheus/exporter-deployment.yaml b/mariadb/templates/monitoring/prometheus/exporter-deployment.yaml
index 77cb5c51f..50a31b6f2 100644
--- a/mariadb/templates/monitoring/prometheus/exporter-deployment.yaml
+++ b/mariadb/templates/monitoring/prometheus/exporter-deployment.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ spec:
 {{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "mysql_exporter" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_security_context" | indent 6 }}
       shareProcessNamespace: true
       serviceAccountName: {{ $serviceAccountName }}
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "prometheus_mysql_exporter" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_security_context" | indent 6 }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{ .Values.labels.prometheus_mysql_exporter.node_selector_key }}: {{ .Values.labels.prometheus_mysql_exporter.node_selector_value }}
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: {{ .Values.pod.lifecycle.termination_grace_period.prometheus_mysql_exporter.timeout | default "30" }}
@@ -49,9 +50,8 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: mysql-exporter
 {{ tuple $envAll "prometheus_mysql_exporter" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "prometheus_mysql_exporter" "container" "exporter" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
 {{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.prometheus_mysql_exporter | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 10 }}
-          securityContext:
-            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
           command:
             - /tmp/mysqld-exporter.sh
             - start
diff --git a/mariadb/templates/monitoring/prometheus/exporter-job-create-user.yaml b/mariadb/templates/monitoring/prometheus/exporter-job-create-user.yaml
index 6f9decce6..69c15ed8e 100644
--- a/mariadb/templates/monitoring/prometheus/exporter-job-create-user.yaml
+++ b/mariadb/templates/monitoring/prometheus/exporter-job-create-user.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       shareProcessNamespace: true
       serviceAccountName: {{ $serviceAccountName }}
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "prometheus_create_mysql_user" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_security_context" | indent 6 }}
       activeDeadlineSeconds: {{ .Values.jobs.exporter_create_sql_user.activeDeadlineSeconds }}
       restartPolicy: OnFailure
       nodeSelector:
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: exporter-create-sql-user
 {{ tuple $envAll "prometheus_create_mysql_user" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "prometheus_create_mysql_user" "container" "main" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
 {{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.jobs.prometheus_create_mysql_user | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 10 }}
           command:
             - /tmp/create-mysql-user.sh
diff --git a/mariadb/templates/statefulset.yaml b/mariadb/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 5d123b331..59df53528 100644
--- a/mariadb/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/mariadb/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       shareProcessNamespace: true
       serviceAccountName: {{ $serviceAccountName }}
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "server" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_security_context" | indent 6 }}
       affinity:
 {{ tuple $envAll "mariadb" "server" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_anti_affinity" | indent 8 }}
       nodeSelector:
@@ -106,8 +107,7 @@ spec:
 {{- if .Values.volume.chown_on_start }}
         - name: mariadb-perms
 {{ tuple $envAll "mariadb" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
-          securityContext:
-            runAsUser: 0
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "server" "container" "perms" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
 {{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.server | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 10 }}
           command:
             - chown
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: mariadb
 {{ tuple $envAll "mariadb" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "server" "container" "mariadb" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
 {{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.server | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 10 }}
           env:
             - name: POD_NAMESPACE
@@ -175,6 +176,10 @@ spec:
               command:
                 - /tmp/readiness.sh
           volumeMounts:
+            - name: tmp
+              mountPath: /tmp
+            - name: var-run
+              mountPath: /var/run/mysqld
             - name: mycnfd
               mountPath: /etc/mysql/conf.d
             - name: mariadb-bin
@@ -214,6 +219,10 @@ spec:
       volumes:
         - name: mycnfd
           emptyDir: {}
+        - name: tmp
+          emptyDir: {}
+        - name: var-run
+          emptyDir: {}
         - name: mariadb-bin
           configMap:
             name: mariadb-bin
diff --git a/mariadb/values.yaml b/mariadb/values.yaml
index c0a928e02..8dbf6311d 100644
--- a/mariadb/values.yaml
+++ b/mariadb/values.yaml
@@ -55,9 +55,44 @@ labels:
     node_selector_value: enabled
 
 pod:
-  user:
-    mysql_exporter:
-      uid: 99
+  security_context:
+    server:
+      pod:
+        runAsUser: 999
+      container:
+        perms:
+          runAsUser: 0
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+        mariadb:
+          runAsUser: 999
+          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+    ingress:
+      pod:
+        runAsUser: 65534
+      container:
+        server:
+          runAsUser: 0
+    error_pages:
+      pod:
+        runAsUser: 1000
+      container:
+        server:
+          runAsUser: 0
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+    prometheus_mysql_exporter:
+      pod:
+        runAsUser: 99
+      container:
+        exporter:
+          runAsUser: 99
+          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+    prometheus_create_mysql_user:
+      pod:
+        runAsUser: 0
+      container:
+        main:
+          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
   affinity:
     anti:
       type: