diff --git a/elasticsearch/templates/deployment-client.yaml b/elasticsearch/templates/deployment-client.yaml
index 4d0144e1d..5746e4e01 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/templates/deployment-client.yaml
+++ b/elasticsearch/templates/deployment-client.yaml
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ spec:
         configmap-etc-hash: {{ tuple "configmap-etc.yaml" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.hash" }}
 {{ dict "envAll" $envAll "podName" "elasticsearch-client" "containerNames" (list "elasticsearch-client") | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_mandatory_access_control_annotation" | indent 8 }}
     spec:
-      securityContext:
-        readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
       serviceAccountName: {{ $serviceAccountName }}
       affinity:
 {{ tuple $envAll "elasticsearch" "client" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_anti_affinity" | indent 8 }}
diff --git a/elasticsearch/templates/deployment-master.yaml b/elasticsearch/templates/deployment-master.yaml
index 9af21c1c4..a0cb1131e 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/templates/deployment-master.yaml
+++ b/elasticsearch/templates/deployment-master.yaml
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ spec:
         configmap-etc-hash: {{ tuple "configmap-etc.yaml" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.hash" }}
 {{ dict "envAll" $envAll "podName" "elasticsearch-master" "containerNames" (list "elasticsearch-master") | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_mandatory_access_control_annotation" | indent 8 }}
     spec:
-      securityContext:
-        readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
       serviceAccountName: {{ $serviceAccountName }}
       affinity:
 {{ tuple $envAll "elasticsearch" "master" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_anti_affinity" | indent 8 }}