diff --git a/ceph-mon/values.yaml b/ceph-mon/values.yaml
index 4fc04ce30..42dbff30b 100644
--- a/ceph-mon/values.yaml
+++ b/ceph-mon/values.yaml
@@ -48,31 +48,37 @@ pod:
   security_context:
     mon:
       pod:
-        runAsUser: 0
+        runAsUser: 65534
       container:
         ceph_init_dirs:
+          runAsUser: 0
           readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
         ceph_log_ownership:
+          runAsUser: 0
           readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
         ceph_mon:
+          runAsUser: 0
           readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
     moncheck:
       pod:
-        runAsUser: 0
+        runAsUser: 65534
       container:
         ceph_mon:
+          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
           readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
     bootstrap:
       pod:
-        runAsUser: 0
+        runAsUser: 65534
       container:
         ceph_bootstrap:
+          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
           readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
     storage_keys_generator:
       pod:
-        runAsUser: 0
+        runAsUser: 65534
       container:
         ceph_storage_keys_generator:
+          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
           readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
   dns_policy: "ClusterFirstWithHostNet"
   replicas: