diff --git a/charts/promenade/templates/deployment-api.yaml b/charts/promenade/templates/deployment-api.yaml
index b940d952..a91108b4 100644
--- a/charts/promenade/templates/deployment-api.yaml
+++ b/charts/promenade/templates/deployment-api.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ 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" "promenade" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_security_context" | indent 6 }}
       affinity:
 {{ tuple $envAll "promenade" "api" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_anti_affinity" | indent 8 }}
       nodeSelector:
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ spec:
           image: {{ .Values.images.tags.promenade }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.images.pull_policy }}
 {{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.api | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 10 }}
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "promenade" "container" "promenade_api" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
           command:
             - /opt/promenade/entrypoint.sh
             - server
diff --git a/charts/promenade/values.yaml b/charts/promenade/values.yaml
index 09d0fdbe..8cf2080d 100644
--- a/charts/promenade/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/promenade/values.yaml
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ endpoints:
       default: null
 
 pod:
+  security_context:
+    promenade:
+      pod:
+        runAsUser: 65534
+      container:
+        promenade_api:
+          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
   affinity:
     anti:
       type: