diff --git a/pkg/operator/controllers/guardrails/staticresources/gk_audit_controller_deployment.yaml b/pkg/operator/controllers/guardrails/staticresources/gk_audit_controller_deployment.yaml
index 01fa1aa0242..733afdd29c8 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/controllers/guardrails/staticresources/gk_audit_controller_deployment.yaml
+++ b/pkg/operator/controllers/guardrails/staticresources/gk_audit_controller_deployment.yaml
@@ -100,11 +100,9 @@ spec:
             drop:
             - ALL
           readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-          runAsGroup: 999
           runAsNonRoot: true
-          runAsUser: 1000
-          # seccompProfile:
-          #   type: RuntimeDefault
+          seccompProfile:
+            type: RuntimeDefault
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /certs
           name: cert
diff --git a/pkg/operator/controllers/guardrails/staticresources/gk_controller_manager_deployment.yaml b/pkg/operator/controllers/guardrails/staticresources/gk_controller_manager_deployment.yaml
index c46784988b7..f3bb7beaa00 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/controllers/guardrails/staticresources/gk_controller_manager_deployment.yaml
+++ b/pkg/operator/controllers/guardrails/staticresources/gk_controller_manager_deployment.yaml
@@ -112,11 +112,9 @@ spec:
             drop:
             - ALL
           readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-          runAsGroup: 999
           runAsNonRoot: true
-          runAsUser: 1000
-          # seccompProfile:
-          #   type: RuntimeDefault
+          seccompProfile:
+            type: RuntimeDefault
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /certs
           name: cert