diff --git a/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/templates/nodeplugin-daemonset.yaml b/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/templates/nodeplugin-daemonset.yaml
index 58e61e93d..0b997a16b 100644
--- a/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/templates/nodeplugin-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/ceph-csi-cephfs/templates/nodeplugin-daemonset.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ spec:
           # created by privileged CSI driver container.
           securityContext:
             privileged: true
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: true
           image: "{{ .Values.nodeplugin.registrar.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.nodeplugin.registrar.image.tag }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.nodeplugin.registrar.image.pullPolicy }}
           args:
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ spec:
         - name: liveness-prometheus
           securityContext:
             privileged: true
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: true
           image: "{{ .Values.nodeplugin.plugin.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.nodeplugin.plugin.image.tag }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.nodeplugin.plugin.image.pullPolicy }}
           args:
diff --git a/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/templates/nodeplugin-daemonset.yaml b/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/templates/nodeplugin-daemonset.yaml
index 120d9627c..decd6e78c 100644
--- a/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/templates/nodeplugin-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/ceph-csi-rbd/templates/nodeplugin-daemonset.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ spec:
           # created by privileged CSI driver container.
           securityContext:
             privileged: true
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: true
           image: "{{ .Values.nodeplugin.registrar.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.nodeplugin.registrar.image.tag }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.nodeplugin.registrar.image.pullPolicy }}
           args:
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ spec:
         - name: liveness-prometheus
           securityContext:
             privileged: true
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: true
           image: "{{ .Values.nodeplugin.plugin.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.nodeplugin.plugin.image.tag }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.nodeplugin.plugin.image.pullPolicy }}
           args: