diff --git a/prometheus-kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml b/prometheus-kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
index 3fe613191..b1e8f3e6f 100644
--- a/prometheus-kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/prometheus-kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ spec:
 {{ tuple $envAll | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.release_uuid" | indent 8 }}
         configmap-bin-hash: {{ tuple "configmap-bin.yaml" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.hash" }}
     spec:
-      securityContext:
-        readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
 {{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "kube_state_metrics" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_security_context" | indent 6 }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ $serviceAccountName }}
       nodeSelector:
@@ -124,8 +122,7 @@ 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
+{{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "kube_state_metrics" "container" "kube_state_metrics" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
           command:
             - /tmp/kube-state-metrics.sh
           ports:
diff --git a/prometheus-kube-state-metrics/values.yaml b/prometheus-kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
index 1f2208f3d..0f6b6d4f8 100644
--- a/prometheus-kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
+++ b/prometheus-kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
@@ -37,9 +37,14 @@ labels:
     node_selector_value: enabled
 
 pod:
-  user:
+  security_context:
     kube_state_metrics:
-      uid: 65534
+      pod:
+        runAsUser: 65534
+      container:
+        kube_state_metrics:
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
   affinity:
     anti:
       type: