diff --git a/deploy/prod-pod.yml b/deploy/prod-pod.yml
index fb93937..bc22cd0 100644
--- a/deploy/prod-pod.yml
+++ b/deploy/prod-pod.yml
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ spec:
       allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
       capabilities:
         drop: ["ALL"]
+      runAsUser: 0  # Run as root
+      runAsGroup: 0 # Run as root group
     ports:
       - containerPort: 8080           # inside pod
         hostIP: 127.0.0.1             # only loopback on host