diff --git a/horizon/templates/deployment.yaml b/horizon/templates/deployment.yaml
index a0e0042a28..1da4553a88 100644
--- a/horizon/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/horizon/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ spec:
 {{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "horizon" "container" "horizon" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 10 }}
           securityContext:
             runAsUser: 0
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
           command:
             - /tmp/horizon.sh
             - start