diff --git a/charts/drydock/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/drydock/templates/deployment.yaml
index cc757419..246d2c16 100644
--- a/charts/drydock/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/drydock/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ spec:
         configmap-bin-hash: {{ tuple "configmap-bin.yaml" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.hash" }}
         configmap-etc-hash: {{ tuple "configmap-etc.yaml" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.hash" }}
     spec:
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "drydock" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_security_context" | indent 6 }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{ .Values.labels.api.node_selector_key }}: {{ .Values.labels.api.node_selector_value | quote }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ $serviceAccountName }}
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ spec:
           image: {{ .Values.images.tags.drydock }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.images.pull_policy }}
 {{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.api | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 10 }}
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "drydock" "container" "drydock_api" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
           env:
             - name: 'MAAS_API_KEY'
               valueFrom:
diff --git a/charts/drydock/values.yaml b/charts/drydock/values.yaml
index 3e7462cc..77e67a5a 100644
--- a/charts/drydock/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/drydock/values.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ network:
         nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: /
 
 pod:
+  security_context:
+    drydock:
+      pod:
+        runAsUser: 65534
+      container:
+        drydock_api:
+          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
   lifecycle:
     upgrades:
       deployments: