diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 67e1550..a2eabde 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # spring-service
 
+## 5.3.0
+
+- Allow to configure a `securityContext`
+
 ## 5.2.0
 
 - Allow to disable environment variable service links using `enableServiceLinks: false`
diff --git a/charts/spring-service/Chart.yaml b/charts/spring-service/Chart.yaml
index c2f5fd5..fe5c2c3 100644
--- a/charts/spring-service/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/spring-service/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: spring-service
 description: A generalized deployment for Meisterplan Spring Boot services in Kubernetes.
-version: 5.2.0
+version: 5.3.0
diff --git a/charts/spring-service/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/spring-service/templates/deployment.yaml
index 51a56f9..7089721 100644
--- a/charts/spring-service/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/spring-service/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -266,3 +266,7 @@ spec:
             - name: {{ $key }}
 {{ toYaml $value | indent 14 }}
             {{- end }}
+          {{- if .Values.securityContext }}
+          securityContext:
+{{ toYaml .Values.securityContext | indent 12 }}
+      {{- end}}
diff --git a/charts/spring-service/values.yaml b/charts/spring-service/values.yaml
index 548b2ab..f3d0eb3 100644
--- a/charts/spring-service/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/spring-service/values.yaml
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ disruptionBudget:
 # Set to false to disable service link environment variables
 enableServiceLinks: true
 
+securityContext: { }
+
 # Allow additional manifest to be deployed with the chart
 extraManifests: []
   # - apiVersion: v1
diff --git a/tests/spring-service/complex-service/expected/spring-service/templates/deployment.yaml b/tests/spring-service/complex-service/expected/spring-service/templates/deployment.yaml
index 875bfb9..e537410 100644
--- a/tests/spring-service/complex-service/expected/spring-service/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/tests/spring-service/complex-service/expected/spring-service/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -205,3 +205,7 @@ spec:
             - name: URLS
               value: https://mycompany.tld/url1 https://mycompany.tld/url2 https://mycompany.tld/url3
                 https://mycompany.tld/url4
+          securityContext:
+            runAsUser: 1000
+            seccompProfile:
+              type: RuntimeDefault
diff --git a/tests/spring-service/complex-service/values.yaml b/tests/spring-service/complex-service/values.yaml
index 8c88186..d14229b 100644
--- a/tests/spring-service/complex-service/values.yaml
+++ b/tests/spring-service/complex-service/values.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ disruptionBudget:
 
 enableServiceLinks: false
 
+securityContext:
+  runAsUser: 1000
+  seccompProfile:
+    type: RuntimeDefault
+
 extraManifests:
   - apiVersion: v1
     kind: ConfigMap