diff --git a/cluster/platform/connections/deployment.yaml b/cluster/platform/connections/deployment.yaml
index 8a684ec..9b5370e 100644
--- a/cluster/platform/connections/deployment.yaml
+++ b/cluster/platform/connections/deployment.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ spec:
       - name: signal-cli-rest-api
         image: bbernhard/signal-cli-rest-api:0.85  # Pin version, test upgrades
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        securityContext:
+          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+          capabilities:
+            drop:
+            - ALL
+          seccompProfile:
+            type: RuntimeDefault
         ports:
         - containerPort: 8080
           name: http
@@ -31,6 +38,10 @@ spec:
         env:
         - name: MODE
           value: "json-rpc"  # json-rpc mode for API compatibility
+        - name: SIGNAL_CLI_UID
+          value: "0"  # Disable UID change
+        - name: SIGNAL_CLI_GID
+          value: "0"  # Disable GID change
         volumeMounts:
         - name: signal-data
           mountPath: /home/.local/share/signal-cli