diff --git a/prometheus-process-exporter/templates/daemonset.yaml b/prometheus-process-exporter/templates/daemonset.yaml
index f694963e6..9c78681d9 100644
--- a/prometheus-process-exporter/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/prometheus-process-exporter/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ spec:
 {{ dict "envAll" $envAll "podName" "process-exporter" "containerNames" (list "process-exporter") | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_mandatory_access_control_annotation" | indent 8 }}
 {{ tuple $envAll | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.release_uuid" | indent 8 }}
     spec:
-      securityContext:
-        readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "metrics" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_security_context" | indent 6 }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ $serviceAccountName }}
 {{ if .Values.pod.tolerations.process_exporter.enabled }}
 {{ tuple $envAll "process_exporter" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_tolerations" | indent 6 }}
@@ -71,6 +70,7 @@ spec:
         - name: process-exporter
 {{ tuple $envAll "process_exporter" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
 {{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.process_exporter | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 10 }}
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "metrics" "container" "process_exporter" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
           args:
             - -procnames
             - {{ .Values.conf.processes }}
diff --git a/prometheus-process-exporter/values.yaml b/prometheus-process-exporter/values.yaml
index 3ea73f5c8..a4f10aa86 100644
--- a/prometheus-process-exporter/values.yaml
+++ b/prometheus-process-exporter/values.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ labels:
     node_selector_value: enabled
 
 pod:
+  security_context:
+    metrics:
+      pod:
+        runAsUser: 65534
+      container:
+        process_exporter:
+          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
   affinity:
     anti:
       type: