diff --git a/mariadb/templates/cron-job-backup-mariadb.yaml b/mariadb/templates/cron-job-backup-mariadb.yaml
index 80ecdfa2e..165e1535e 100644
--- a/mariadb/templates/cron-job-backup-mariadb.yaml
+++ b/mariadb/templates/cron-job-backup-mariadb.yaml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ spec:
           labels:
 {{ tuple $envAll "mariadb-backup" "backup" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_metadata_labels" | indent 12 }}
         spec:
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "mariadb_backup" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_security_context" | indent 10 }}
           serviceAccountName: {{ $serviceAccountName }}
           restartPolicy: OnFailure
           nodeSelector:
diff --git a/mariadb/values.yaml b/mariadb/values.yaml
index 18de2ee5f..b5b6dfe27 100644
--- a/mariadb/values.yaml
+++ b/mariadb/values.yaml
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ pod:
           runAsUser: 0
           readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
         mariadb_backup:
-          runAsUser: 65534
           readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
           allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
     tests: