diff --git a/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml b/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml
index 24a44dfa..757dc7aa 100644
--- a/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml
+++ b/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ spec:
   volumeMounts:
     - name: app-logs
       mountPath: {{ .Values.logIngest.logPath }}
+  securityContext:
+    allowPrivilegeEscalation: true
+    privileged: true
+    runAsUser: 0
+    runAsGroup: 0
   config:
     receivers:
       filelog: