diff --git a/prometheus-kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml b/prometheus-kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
index cbaae0c00..4884419e3 100644
--- a/prometheus-kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/prometheus-kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ spec:
       labels:
 {{ tuple $envAll "kube-state-metrics" "exporter" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_metadata_labels" | indent 8 }}
     spec:
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "kube_state_metrics" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_security_context" | indent 6 }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ $serviceAccountName }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{ .Values.labels.kube_state_metrics.node_selector_key }}: {{ .Values.labels.kube_state_metrics.node_selector_value | quote }}
@@ -118,6 +119,8 @@ spec:
         - name: kube-state-metrics
 {{ tuple $envAll "kube_state_metrics" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
 {{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.kube_state_metrics | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 10 }}
+          securityContext:
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
           command:
             - /tmp/kube-state-metrics.sh
           ports:
diff --git a/prometheus-kube-state-metrics/values.yaml b/prometheus-kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
index 6064b0ba2..628afbbd1 100644
--- a/prometheus-kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
+++ b/prometheus-kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ labels:
     node_selector_value: enabled
 
 pod:
+  user:
+    kube_state_metrics:
+      uid: 65534
   affinity:
     anti:
       type: