diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/charts-redpanda-Fixed-20251103-205145.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/charts-redpanda-Fixed-20251103-205145.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d5e1b654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/charts-redpanda-Fixed-20251103-205145.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+project: charts/redpanda
+kind: Fixed
+body: |
+    Fix `CreateContainerConfigError: Error: container's runAsUser breaks non-root policy...` error with `statefulset.podTemplate.spec.securityContext.runAsNonRoot: true`
+time: 2025-11-03T20:51:45.198677+02:00
diff --git a/charts/redpanda/statefulset.go b/charts/redpanda/statefulset.go
index a2151b41e..26dbf420a 100644
--- a/charts/redpanda/statefulset.go
+++ b/charts/redpanda/statefulset.go
@@ -371,9 +371,10 @@ func statefulSetInitContainerTuning(state *RenderState) *corev1.Container {
 			Capabilities: &corev1.Capabilities{
 				Add: []corev1.Capability{`SYS_RESOURCE`},
 			},
-			Privileged: ptr.To(true),
-			RunAsUser:  ptr.To(int64(0)),
-			RunAsGroup: ptr.To(int64(0)),
+			Privileged:   ptr.To(true),
+			RunAsNonRoot: ptr.To(false),
+			RunAsUser:    ptr.To(int64(0)),
+			RunAsGroup:   ptr.To(int64(0)),
 		},
 		VolumeMounts: append(
 			CommonMounts(state),