diff --git a/charts/etcd/templates/daemonset-anchor.yaml b/charts/etcd/templates/daemonset-anchor.yaml
index 0c9778e9..9b8eb01b 100644
--- a/charts/etcd/templates/daemonset-anchor.yaml
+++ b/charts/etcd/templates/daemonset-anchor.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ spec:
       labels:
 {{ $labels | indent 8 }}
     spec:
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "anchor" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_security_context" | indent 6 }}
       hostNetwork: true
       {{- if .Values.anchor.dns_policy }}
       dnsPolicy: {{ .Values.anchor.dns_policy }}
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ spec:
           image: {{ .Values.images.tags.etcdctl }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.images.pull_policy }}
 {{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.daemonset_anchor | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 10 }}
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "anchor" "container" "etcdctl" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
           command:
             - /tmp/bin/etcdctl_anchor
           env:
diff --git a/charts/etcd/templates/etc/_kubernetes-etcd.yaml.tpl b/charts/etcd/templates/etc/_kubernetes-etcd.yaml.tpl
index 263df1bd..501e12f4 100644
--- a/charts/etcd/templates/etc/_kubernetes-etcd.yaml.tpl
+++ b/charts/etcd/templates/etc/_kubernetes-etcd.yaml.tpl
@@ -32,12 +32,14 @@ metadata:
     {{ tuple $envAll | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.release_uuid" }}
 {{- dict "envAll" $envAll "podName" .Values.service.name "containerNames" (list "etcd") | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_mandatory_access_control_annotation" | indent 4 }}
 spec:
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "etcd" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_security_context" | indent 2 }}
   hostNetwork: true
   containers:
     - name: etcd
       image: {{ .Values.images.tags.etcd }}
       imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.images.pull_policy }}
 {{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.etcd_pod | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 6 }}
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "etcd" "container" "etcd" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 6 }}
       env:
         - name: ETCD_NAME
           valueFrom:
diff --git a/charts/etcd/values.yaml b/charts/etcd/values.yaml
index cd1f98f8..7a00b634 100644
--- a/charts/etcd/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/etcd/values.yaml
@@ -97,6 +97,21 @@ dependencies:
        jobs:
          - etcd_backup_job
 pod:
+  security_context:
+    anchor:
+      pod:
+        runAsUser: 65534
+      container:
+        etcdctl:
+          runAsUser: 0
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
+    etcd:
+      pod:
+        runAsUser: 65534
+      container:
+        etcd:
+          runAsUser: 0
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
   mounts:
     daemonset_anchor:
       daemonset_anchor: