diff --git a/deploy/bundle/manifests/devworkspace-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/deploy/bundle/manifests/devworkspace-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index 54ce6def0..fe6ee0971 100644
--- a/deploy/bundle/manifests/devworkspace-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/deploy/bundle/manifests/devworkspace-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -400,6 +400,8 @@ spec:
                   requests:
                     cpu: 250m
                     memory: 100Mi
+                securityContext:
+                  readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
               serviceAccountName: devworkspace-controller-serviceaccount
               terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
       permissions:
diff --git a/deploy/deployment/kubernetes/combined.yaml b/deploy/deployment/kubernetes/combined.yaml
index 1a70445b7..34953ec1e 100644
--- a/deploy/deployment/kubernetes/combined.yaml
+++ b/deploy/deployment/kubernetes/combined.yaml
@@ -26224,6 +26224,8 @@ spec:
           requests:
             cpu: 250m
             memory: 100Mi
+        securityContext:
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /tmp/k8s-webhook-server/serving-certs
           name: webhook-tls-certs
diff --git a/deploy/deployment/kubernetes/objects/devworkspace-controller-manager.Deployment.yaml b/deploy/deployment/kubernetes/objects/devworkspace-controller-manager.Deployment.yaml
index 828b98ec8..cd6b29efc 100644
--- a/deploy/deployment/kubernetes/objects/devworkspace-controller-manager.Deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/deployment/kubernetes/objects/devworkspace-controller-manager.Deployment.yaml
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ spec:
           requests:
             cpu: 250m
             memory: 100Mi
+        securityContext:
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /tmp/k8s-webhook-server/serving-certs
           name: webhook-tls-certs
diff --git a/deploy/deployment/openshift/combined.yaml b/deploy/deployment/openshift/combined.yaml
index 40b080f3c..31bb95d7f 100644
--- a/deploy/deployment/openshift/combined.yaml
+++ b/deploy/deployment/openshift/combined.yaml
@@ -26226,6 +26226,8 @@ spec:
           requests:
             cpu: 250m
             memory: 100Mi
+        securityContext:
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /tmp/k8s-webhook-server/serving-certs
           name: webhook-tls-certs
diff --git a/deploy/deployment/openshift/objects/devworkspace-controller-manager.Deployment.yaml b/deploy/deployment/openshift/objects/devworkspace-controller-manager.Deployment.yaml
index be4c8b959..5b226b7c9 100644
--- a/deploy/deployment/openshift/objects/devworkspace-controller-manager.Deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/deployment/openshift/objects/devworkspace-controller-manager.Deployment.yaml
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ spec:
           requests:
             cpu: 250m
             memory: 100Mi
+        securityContext:
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /tmp/k8s-webhook-server/serving-certs
           name: webhook-tls-certs
diff --git a/deploy/templates/components/manager/manager.yaml b/deploy/templates/components/manager/manager.yaml
index 72180dd38..331391d50 100644
--- a/deploy/templates/components/manager/manager.yaml
+++ b/deploy/templates/components/manager/manager.yaml
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ spec:
             requests:
               cpu: 250m
               memory: 100Mi
+          securityContext:
+            readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
           env:
             - name: WATCH_NAMESPACE
               value: ""
diff --git a/pkg/webhook/deployment.go b/pkg/webhook/deployment.go
index 2bc037043..6cab96edc 100755
--- a/pkg/webhook/deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/webhook/deployment.go
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ func getSpecDeployment(webhooksSecretName, namespace string) (*appsv1.Deployment
 									Name: "WATCH_NAMESPACE",
 								},
 							},
+							SecurityContext: &corev1.SecurityContext{
+								ReadOnlyRootFilesystem: pointer.Bool(true),
+							},
 						},
 					},
 					RestartPolicy:                 "Always",