diff --git a/prometheus/templates/statefulset.yaml b/prometheus/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 9b930eaed..ab27b3252 100644
--- a/prometheus/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/prometheus/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ 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" "prometheus" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_security_context" | indent 6 }}
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "api" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_security_context" | indent 6 }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ $serviceAccountName }}
       affinity:
 {{ tuple $envAll "prometheus" "api" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_anti_affinity" | indent 8 }}
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ spec:
         - name: prometheus-perms
 {{ tuple $envAll "prometheus" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
 {{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.prometheus | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 10 }}
-{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "prometheus" "container" "prometheus_perms" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "api" "container" "prometheus_perms" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
           command:
             - chown
             - -R
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ spec:
         - name: apache-proxy
 {{ tuple $envAll "apache_proxy" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
 {{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.apache_proxy | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 10 }}
-{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "prometheus" "container" "apache_proxy" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "api" "container" "apache_proxy" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
           command:
             - /tmp/apache.sh
             - start
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ spec:
         - name: prometheus
 {{ tuple $envAll "prometheus" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
 {{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.prometheus | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 10 }}
-{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "prometheus" "container" "prometheus" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "api" "container" "prometheus" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
           command:
             - /tmp/prometheus.sh
             - start
diff --git a/prometheus/values.yaml b/prometheus/values.yaml
index 138ef0d22..513569b6b 100644
--- a/prometheus/values.yaml
+++ b/prometheus/values.yaml
@@ -44,14 +44,16 @@ labels:
 
 pod:
   security_context:
-    prometheus:
+    api:
       pod:
         runAsUser: 65534
       container:
         prometheus_perms:
           runAsUser: 0
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
         apache_proxy:
           runAsUser: 0
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
         prometheus:
           allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
           readOnlyRootFilesystem: true