diff --git a/apis/v1alpha1/opentelemetrycollector_types.go b/apis/v1alpha1/opentelemetrycollector_types.go
index 05c557f345..b4b8a63803 100644
--- a/apis/v1alpha1/opentelemetrycollector_types.go
+++ b/apis/v1alpha1/opentelemetrycollector_types.go
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ type OpenTelemetryCollectorSpec struct {
 	// +operator-sdk:gen-csv:customresourcedefinitions.specDescriptors=true
 	SecurityContext *v1.SecurityContext `json:"securityContext,omitempty"`
 
+	PodSecurityContext *v1.PodSecurityContext `json:"podSecurityContext,omitempty"`
+
 	// HostNetwork indicates if the pod should run in the host networking namespace.
 	// +optional
 	// +operator-sdk:gen-csv:customresourcedefinitions.specDescriptors=true
diff --git a/apis/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/apis/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index bf1c6ff83d..13b2daf15d 100644
--- a/apis/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/apis/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -254,6 +254,11 @@ func (in *OpenTelemetryCollectorSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *OpenTelemetryCollectorSp
 		*out = new(v1.SecurityContext)
 		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
 	}
+	if in.PodSecurityContext != nil {
+		in, out := &in.PodSecurityContext, &out.PodSecurityContext
+		*out = new(v1.PodSecurityContext)
+		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+	}
 	if in.VolumeClaimTemplates != nil {
 		in, out := &in.VolumeClaimTemplates, &out.VolumeClaimTemplates
 		*out = make([]v1.PersistentVolumeClaim, len(*in))
diff --git a/bundle/manifests/opentelemetry.io_opentelemetrycollectors.yaml b/bundle/manifests/opentelemetry.io_opentelemetrycollectors.yaml
index 4b8793621b..e475e4928a 100644
--- a/bundle/manifests/opentelemetry.io_opentelemetrycollectors.yaml
+++ b/bundle/manifests/opentelemetry.io_opentelemetrycollectors.yaml
@@ -231,6 +231,163 @@ spec:
                 description: PodAnnotations is the set of annotations that will be
                   attached to Collector and Target Allocator pods.
                 type: object
+              podSecurityContext:
+                description: PodSecurityContext holds pod-level security attributes
+                  and common container settings. Some fields are also present in container.securityContext.  Field
+                  values of container.securityContext take precedence over field values
+                  of PodSecurityContext.
+                properties:
+                  fsGroup:
+                    description: "A special supplemental group that applies to all
+                      containers in a pod. Some volume types allow the Kubelet to
+                      change the ownership of that volume to be owned by the pod:
+                      \n 1. The owning GID will be the FSGroup 2. The setgid bit is
+                      set (new files created in the volume will be owned by FSGroup)
+                      3. The permission bits are OR'd with rw-rw---- \n If unset,
+                      the Kubelet will not modify the ownership and permissions of
+                      any volume."
+                    format: int64
+                    type: integer
+                  fsGroupChangePolicy:
+                    description: 'fsGroupChangePolicy defines behavior of changing
+                      ownership and permission of the volume before being exposed
+                      inside Pod. This field will only apply to volume types which
+                      support fsGroup based ownership(and permissions). It will have
+                      no effect on ephemeral volume types such as: secret, configmaps
+                      and emptydir. Valid values are "OnRootMismatch" and "Always".
+                      If not specified, "Always" is used.'
+                    type: string
+                  runAsGroup:
+                    description: The GID to run the entrypoint of the container process.
+                      Uses runtime default if unset. May also be set in SecurityContext.  If
+                      set in both SecurityContext and PodSecurityContext, the value
+                      specified in SecurityContext takes precedence for that container.
+                    format: int64
+                    type: integer
+                  runAsNonRoot:
+                    description: Indicates that the container must run as a non-root
+                      user. If true, the Kubelet will validate the image at runtime
+                      to ensure that it does not run as UID 0 (root) and fail to start
+                      the container if it does. If unset or false, no such validation
+                      will be performed. May also be set in SecurityContext.  If set
+                      in both SecurityContext and PodSecurityContext, the value specified
+                      in SecurityContext takes precedence.
+                    type: boolean
+                  runAsUser:
+                    description: The UID to run the entrypoint of the container process.
+                      Defaults to user specified in image metadata if unspecified.
+                      May also be set in SecurityContext.  If set in both SecurityContext
+                      and PodSecurityContext, the value specified in SecurityContext
+                      takes precedence for that container.
+                    format: int64
+                    type: integer
+                  seLinuxOptions:
+                    description: The SELinux context to be applied to all containers.
+                      If unspecified, the container runtime will allocate a random
+                      SELinux context for each container.  May also be set in SecurityContext.  If
+                      set in both SecurityContext and PodSecurityContext, the value
+                      specified in SecurityContext takes precedence for that container.
+                    properties:
+                      level:
+                        description: Level is SELinux level label that applies to
+                          the container.
+                        type: string
+                      role:
+                        description: Role is a SELinux role label that applies to
+                          the container.
+                        type: string
+                      type:
+                        description: Type is a SELinux type label that applies to
+                          the container.
+                        type: string
+                      user:
+                        description: User is a SELinux user label that applies to
+                          the container.
+                        type: string
+                    type: object
+                  seccompProfile:
+                    description: The seccomp options to use by the containers in this
+                      pod.
+                    properties:
+                      localhostProfile:
+                        description: localhostProfile indicates a profile defined
+                          in a file on the node should be used. The profile must be
+                          preconfigured on the node to work. Must be a descending
+                          path, relative to the kubelet's configured seccomp profile
+                          location. Must only be set if type is "Localhost".
+                        type: string
+                      type:
+                        description: "type indicates which kind of seccomp profile
+                          will be applied. Valid options are: \n Localhost - a profile
+                          defined in a file on the node should be used. RuntimeDefault
+                          - the container runtime default profile should be used.
+                          Unconfined - no profile should be applied."
+                        type: string
+                    required:
+                    - type
+                    type: object
+                  supplementalGroups:
+                    description: A list of groups applied to the first process run
+                      in each container, in addition to the container's primary GID.  If
+                      unspecified, no groups will be added to any container.
+                    items:
+                      format: int64
+                      type: integer
+                    type: array
+                  sysctls:
+                    description: Sysctls hold a list of namespaced sysctls used for
+                      the pod. Pods with unsupported sysctls (by the container runtime)
+                      might fail to launch.
+                    items:
+                      description: Sysctl defines a kernel parameter to be set
+                      properties:
+                        name:
+                          description: Name of a property to set
+                          type: string
+                        value:
+                          description: Value of a property to set
+                          type: string
+                      required:
+                      - name
+                      - value
+                      type: object
+                    type: array
+                  windowsOptions:
+                    description: The Windows specific settings applied to all containers.
+                      If unspecified, the options within a container's SecurityContext
+                      will be used. If set in both SecurityContext and PodSecurityContext,
+                      the value specified in SecurityContext takes precedence.
+                    properties:
+                      gmsaCredentialSpec:
+                        description: GMSACredentialSpec is where the GMSA admission
+                          webhook (https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/windows-gmsa)
+                          inlines the contents of the GMSA credential spec named by
+                          the GMSACredentialSpecName field.
+                        type: string
+                      gmsaCredentialSpecName:
+                        description: GMSACredentialSpecName is the name of the GMSA
+                          credential spec to use.
+                        type: string
+                      hostProcess:
+                        description: HostProcess determines if a container should
+                          be run as a 'Host Process' container. This field is alpha-level
+                          and will only be honored by components that enable the WindowsHostProcessContainers
+                          feature flag. Setting this field without the feature flag
+                          will result in errors when validating the Pod. All of a
+                          Pod's containers must have the same effective HostProcess
+                          value (it is not allowed to have a mix of HostProcess containers
+                          and non-HostProcess containers).  In addition, if HostProcess
+                          is true then HostNetwork must also be set to true.
+                        type: boolean
+                      runAsUserName:
+                        description: The UserName in Windows to run the entrypoint
+                          of the container process. Defaults to the user specified
+                          in image metadata if unspecified. May also be set in PodSecurityContext.
+                          If set in both SecurityContext and PodSecurityContext, the
+                          value specified in SecurityContext takes precedence.
+                        type: string
+                    type: object
+                type: object
               ports:
                 description: Ports allows a set of ports to be exposed by the underlying
                   v1.Service. By default, the operator will attempt to infer the required
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/opentelemetry.io_opentelemetrycollectors.yaml b/config/crd/bases/opentelemetry.io_opentelemetrycollectors.yaml
index 6f91cf34e5..ce55cbdc73 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/opentelemetry.io_opentelemetrycollectors.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/opentelemetry.io_opentelemetrycollectors.yaml
@@ -232,6 +232,163 @@ spec:
                 description: PodAnnotations is the set of annotations that will be
                   attached to Collector and Target Allocator pods.
                 type: object
+              podSecurityContext:
+                description: PodSecurityContext holds pod-level security attributes
+                  and common container settings. Some fields are also present in container.securityContext.  Field
+                  values of container.securityContext take precedence over field values
+                  of PodSecurityContext.
+                properties:
+                  fsGroup:
+                    description: "A special supplemental group that applies to all
+                      containers in a pod. Some volume types allow the Kubelet to
+                      change the ownership of that volume to be owned by the pod:
+                      \n 1. The owning GID will be the FSGroup 2. The setgid bit is
+                      set (new files created in the volume will be owned by FSGroup)
+                      3. The permission bits are OR'd with rw-rw---- \n If unset,
+                      the Kubelet will not modify the ownership and permissions of
+                      any volume."
+                    format: int64
+                    type: integer
+                  fsGroupChangePolicy:
+                    description: 'fsGroupChangePolicy defines behavior of changing
+                      ownership and permission of the volume before being exposed
+                      inside Pod. This field will only apply to volume types which
+                      support fsGroup based ownership(and permissions). It will have
+                      no effect on ephemeral volume types such as: secret, configmaps
+                      and emptydir. Valid values are "OnRootMismatch" and "Always".
+                      If not specified, "Always" is used.'
+                    type: string
+                  runAsGroup:
+                    description: The GID to run the entrypoint of the container process.
+                      Uses runtime default if unset. May also be set in SecurityContext.  If
+                      set in both SecurityContext and PodSecurityContext, the value
+                      specified in SecurityContext takes precedence for that container.
+                    format: int64
+                    type: integer
+                  runAsNonRoot:
+                    description: Indicates that the container must run as a non-root
+                      user. If true, the Kubelet will validate the image at runtime
+                      to ensure that it does not run as UID 0 (root) and fail to start
+                      the container if it does. If unset or false, no such validation
+                      will be performed. May also be set in SecurityContext.  If set
+                      in both SecurityContext and PodSecurityContext, the value specified
+                      in SecurityContext takes precedence.
+                    type: boolean
+                  runAsUser:
+                    description: The UID to run the entrypoint of the container process.
+                      Defaults to user specified in image metadata if unspecified.
+                      May also be set in SecurityContext.  If set in both SecurityContext
+                      and PodSecurityContext, the value specified in SecurityContext
+                      takes precedence for that container.
+                    format: int64
+                    type: integer
+                  seLinuxOptions:
+                    description: The SELinux context to be applied to all containers.
+                      If unspecified, the container runtime will allocate a random
+                      SELinux context for each container.  May also be set in SecurityContext.  If
+                      set in both SecurityContext and PodSecurityContext, the value
+                      specified in SecurityContext takes precedence for that container.
+                    properties:
+                      level:
+                        description: Level is SELinux level label that applies to
+                          the container.
+                        type: string
+                      role:
+                        description: Role is a SELinux role label that applies to
+                          the container.
+                        type: string
+                      type:
+                        description: Type is a SELinux type label that applies to
+                          the container.
+                        type: string
+                      user:
+                        description: User is a SELinux user label that applies to
+                          the container.
+                        type: string
+                    type: object
+                  seccompProfile:
+                    description: The seccomp options to use by the containers in this
+                      pod.
+                    properties:
+                      localhostProfile:
+                        description: localhostProfile indicates a profile defined
+                          in a file on the node should be used. The profile must be
+                          preconfigured on the node to work. Must be a descending
+                          path, relative to the kubelet's configured seccomp profile
+                          location. Must only be set if type is "Localhost".
+                        type: string
+                      type:
+                        description: "type indicates which kind of seccomp profile
+                          will be applied. Valid options are: \n Localhost - a profile
+                          defined in a file on the node should be used. RuntimeDefault
+                          - the container runtime default profile should be used.
+                          Unconfined - no profile should be applied."
+                        type: string
+                    required:
+                    - type
+                    type: object
+                  supplementalGroups:
+                    description: A list of groups applied to the first process run
+                      in each container, in addition to the container's primary GID.  If
+                      unspecified, no groups will be added to any container.
+                    items:
+                      format: int64
+                      type: integer
+                    type: array
+                  sysctls:
+                    description: Sysctls hold a list of namespaced sysctls used for
+                      the pod. Pods with unsupported sysctls (by the container runtime)
+                      might fail to launch.
+                    items:
+                      description: Sysctl defines a kernel parameter to be set
+                      properties:
+                        name:
+                          description: Name of a property to set
+                          type: string
+                        value:
+                          description: Value of a property to set
+                          type: string
+                      required:
+                      - name
+                      - value
+                      type: object
+                    type: array
+                  windowsOptions:
+                    description: The Windows specific settings applied to all containers.
+                      If unspecified, the options within a container's SecurityContext
+                      will be used. If set in both SecurityContext and PodSecurityContext,
+                      the value specified in SecurityContext takes precedence.
+                    properties:
+                      gmsaCredentialSpec:
+                        description: GMSACredentialSpec is where the GMSA admission
+                          webhook (https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/windows-gmsa)
+                          inlines the contents of the GMSA credential spec named by
+                          the GMSACredentialSpecName field.
+                        type: string
+                      gmsaCredentialSpecName:
+                        description: GMSACredentialSpecName is the name of the GMSA
+                          credential spec to use.
+                        type: string
+                      hostProcess:
+                        description: HostProcess determines if a container should
+                          be run as a 'Host Process' container. This field is alpha-level
+                          and will only be honored by components that enable the WindowsHostProcessContainers
+                          feature flag. Setting this field without the feature flag
+                          will result in errors when validating the Pod. All of a
+                          Pod's containers must have the same effective HostProcess
+                          value (it is not allowed to have a mix of HostProcess containers
+                          and non-HostProcess containers).  In addition, if HostProcess
+                          is true then HostNetwork must also be set to true.
+                        type: boolean
+                      runAsUserName:
+                        description: The UserName in Windows to run the entrypoint
+                          of the container process. Defaults to the user specified
+                          in image metadata if unspecified. May also be set in PodSecurityContext.
+                          If set in both SecurityContext and PodSecurityContext, the
+                          value specified in SecurityContext takes precedence.
+                        type: string
+                    type: object
+                type: object
               ports:
                 description: Ports allows a set of ports to be exposed by the underlying
                   v1.Service. By default, the operator will attempt to infer the required
diff --git a/docs/api.md b/docs/api.md
index 261b8abb22..2ec51c49e3 100644
--- a/docs/api.md
+++ b/docs/api.md
@@ -382,6 +382,13 @@ OpenTelemetryCollectorSpec defines the desired state of OpenTelemetryCollector.
           PodAnnotations is the set of annotations that will be attached to Collector and Target Allocator pods.<br/>
         </td>
         <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b><a href="#opentelemetrycollectorspecpodsecuritycontext">podSecurityContext</a></b></td>
+        <td>object</td>
+        <td>
+          PodSecurityContext holds pod-level security attributes and common container settings. Some fields are also present in container.securityContext.  Field values of container.securityContext take precedence over field values of PodSecurityContext.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
       </tr><tr>
         <td><b><a href="#opentelemetrycollectorspecportsindex">ports</a></b></td>
         <td>[]object</td>
@@ -813,6 +820,269 @@ The Secret to select from
 </table>
 
 
+### OpenTelemetryCollector.spec.podSecurityContext
+<sup><sup>[↩ Parent](#opentelemetrycollectorspec)</sup></sup>
+
+
+
+PodSecurityContext holds pod-level security attributes and common container settings. Some fields are also present in container.securityContext.  Field values of container.securityContext take precedence over field values of PodSecurityContext.
+
+<table>
+    <thead>
+        <tr>
+            <th>Name</th>
+            <th>Type</th>
+            <th>Description</th>
+            <th>Required</th>
+        </tr>
+    </thead>
+    <tbody><tr>
+        <td><b>fsGroup</b></td>
+        <td>integer</td>
+        <td>
+          A special supplemental group that applies to all containers in a pod. Some volume types allow the Kubelet to change the ownership of that volume to be owned by the pod: 
+ 1. The owning GID will be the FSGroup 2. The setgid bit is set (new files created in the volume will be owned by FSGroup) 3. The permission bits are OR'd with rw-rw---- 
+ If unset, the Kubelet will not modify the ownership and permissions of any volume.<br/>
+          <br/>
+            <i>Format</i>: int64<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>fsGroupChangePolicy</b></td>
+        <td>string</td>
+        <td>
+          fsGroupChangePolicy defines behavior of changing ownership and permission of the volume before being exposed inside Pod. This field will only apply to volume types which support fsGroup based ownership(and permissions). It will have no effect on ephemeral volume types such as: secret, configmaps and emptydir. Valid values are "OnRootMismatch" and "Always". If not specified, "Always" is used.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>runAsGroup</b></td>
+        <td>integer</td>
+        <td>
+          The GID to run the entrypoint of the container process. Uses runtime default if unset. May also be set in SecurityContext.  If set in both SecurityContext and PodSecurityContext, the value specified in SecurityContext takes precedence for that container.<br/>
+          <br/>
+            <i>Format</i>: int64<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>runAsNonRoot</b></td>
+        <td>boolean</td>
+        <td>
+          Indicates that the container must run as a non-root user. If true, the Kubelet will validate the image at runtime to ensure that it does not run as UID 0 (root) and fail to start the container if it does. If unset or false, no such validation will be performed. May also be set in SecurityContext.  If set in both SecurityContext and PodSecurityContext, the value specified in SecurityContext takes precedence.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>runAsUser</b></td>
+        <td>integer</td>
+        <td>
+          The UID to run the entrypoint of the container process. Defaults to user specified in image metadata if unspecified. May also be set in SecurityContext.  If set in both SecurityContext and PodSecurityContext, the value specified in SecurityContext takes precedence for that container.<br/>
+          <br/>
+            <i>Format</i>: int64<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b><a href="#opentelemetrycollectorspecpodsecuritycontextselinuxoptions">seLinuxOptions</a></b></td>
+        <td>object</td>
+        <td>
+          The SELinux context to be applied to all containers. If unspecified, the container runtime will allocate a random SELinux context for each container.  May also be set in SecurityContext.  If set in both SecurityContext and PodSecurityContext, the value specified in SecurityContext takes precedence for that container.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b><a href="#opentelemetrycollectorspecpodsecuritycontextseccompprofile">seccompProfile</a></b></td>
+        <td>object</td>
+        <td>
+          The seccomp options to use by the containers in this pod.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>supplementalGroups</b></td>
+        <td>[]integer</td>
+        <td>
+          A list of groups applied to the first process run in each container, in addition to the container's primary GID.  If unspecified, no groups will be added to any container.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b><a href="#opentelemetrycollectorspecpodsecuritycontextsysctlsindex">sysctls</a></b></td>
+        <td>[]object</td>
+        <td>
+          Sysctls hold a list of namespaced sysctls used for the pod. Pods with unsupported sysctls (by the container runtime) might fail to launch.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b><a href="#opentelemetrycollectorspecpodsecuritycontextwindowsoptions">windowsOptions</a></b></td>
+        <td>object</td>
+        <td>
+          The Windows specific settings applied to all containers. If unspecified, the options within a container's SecurityContext will be used. If set in both SecurityContext and PodSecurityContext, the value specified in SecurityContext takes precedence.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr></tbody>
+</table>
+
+
+### OpenTelemetryCollector.spec.podSecurityContext.seLinuxOptions
+<sup><sup>[↩ Parent](#opentelemetrycollectorspecpodsecuritycontext)</sup></sup>
+
+
+
+The SELinux context to be applied to all containers. If unspecified, the container runtime will allocate a random SELinux context for each container.  May also be set in SecurityContext.  If set in both SecurityContext and PodSecurityContext, the value specified in SecurityContext takes precedence for that container.
+
+<table>
+    <thead>
+        <tr>
+            <th>Name</th>
+            <th>Type</th>
+            <th>Description</th>
+            <th>Required</th>
+        </tr>
+    </thead>
+    <tbody><tr>
+        <td><b>level</b></td>
+        <td>string</td>
+        <td>
+          Level is SELinux level label that applies to the container.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>role</b></td>
+        <td>string</td>
+        <td>
+          Role is a SELinux role label that applies to the container.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>type</b></td>
+        <td>string</td>
+        <td>
+          Type is a SELinux type label that applies to the container.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>user</b></td>
+        <td>string</td>
+        <td>
+          User is a SELinux user label that applies to the container.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr></tbody>
+</table>
+
+
+### OpenTelemetryCollector.spec.podSecurityContext.seccompProfile
+<sup><sup>[↩ Parent](#opentelemetrycollectorspecpodsecuritycontext)</sup></sup>
+
+
+
+The seccomp options to use by the containers in this pod.
+
+<table>
+    <thead>
+        <tr>
+            <th>Name</th>
+            <th>Type</th>
+            <th>Description</th>
+            <th>Required</th>
+        </tr>
+    </thead>
+    <tbody><tr>
+        <td><b>type</b></td>
+        <td>string</td>
+        <td>
+          type indicates which kind of seccomp profile will be applied. Valid options are: 
+ Localhost - a profile defined in a file on the node should be used. RuntimeDefault - the container runtime default profile should be used. Unconfined - no profile should be applied.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>true</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>localhostProfile</b></td>
+        <td>string</td>
+        <td>
+          localhostProfile indicates a profile defined in a file on the node should be used. The profile must be preconfigured on the node to work. Must be a descending path, relative to the kubelet's configured seccomp profile location. Must only be set if type is "Localhost".<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr></tbody>
+</table>
+
+
+### OpenTelemetryCollector.spec.podSecurityContext.sysctls[index]
+<sup><sup>[↩ Parent](#opentelemetrycollectorspecpodsecuritycontext)</sup></sup>
+
+
+
+Sysctl defines a kernel parameter to be set
+
+<table>
+    <thead>
+        <tr>
+            <th>Name</th>
+            <th>Type</th>
+            <th>Description</th>
+            <th>Required</th>
+        </tr>
+    </thead>
+    <tbody><tr>
+        <td><b>name</b></td>
+        <td>string</td>
+        <td>
+          Name of a property to set<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>true</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>value</b></td>
+        <td>string</td>
+        <td>
+          Value of a property to set<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>true</td>
+      </tr></tbody>
+</table>
+
+
+### OpenTelemetryCollector.spec.podSecurityContext.windowsOptions
+<sup><sup>[↩ Parent](#opentelemetrycollectorspecpodsecuritycontext)</sup></sup>
+
+
+
+The Windows specific settings applied to all containers. If unspecified, the options within a container's SecurityContext will be used. If set in both SecurityContext and PodSecurityContext, the value specified in SecurityContext takes precedence.
+
+<table>
+    <thead>
+        <tr>
+            <th>Name</th>
+            <th>Type</th>
+            <th>Description</th>
+            <th>Required</th>
+        </tr>
+    </thead>
+    <tbody><tr>
+        <td><b>gmsaCredentialSpec</b></td>
+        <td>string</td>
+        <td>
+          GMSACredentialSpec is where the GMSA admission webhook (https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/windows-gmsa) inlines the contents of the GMSA credential spec named by the GMSACredentialSpecName field.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>gmsaCredentialSpecName</b></td>
+        <td>string</td>
+        <td>
+          GMSACredentialSpecName is the name of the GMSA credential spec to use.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>hostProcess</b></td>
+        <td>boolean</td>
+        <td>
+          HostProcess determines if a container should be run as a 'Host Process' container. This field is alpha-level and will only be honored by components that enable the WindowsHostProcessContainers feature flag. Setting this field without the feature flag will result in errors when validating the Pod. All of a Pod's containers must have the same effective HostProcess value (it is not allowed to have a mix of HostProcess containers and non-HostProcess containers).  In addition, if HostProcess is true then HostNetwork must also be set to true.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr>
+        <td><b>runAsUserName</b></td>
+        <td>string</td>
+        <td>
+          The UserName in Windows to run the entrypoint of the container process. Defaults to the user specified in image metadata if unspecified. May also be set in PodSecurityContext. If set in both SecurityContext and PodSecurityContext, the value specified in SecurityContext takes precedence.<br/>
+        </td>
+        <td>false</td>
+      </tr></tbody>
+</table>
+
+
 ### OpenTelemetryCollector.spec.ports[index]
 <sup><sup>[↩ Parent](#opentelemetrycollectorspec)</sup></sup>
 
diff --git a/pkg/collector/daemonset.go b/pkg/collector/daemonset.go
index d84a3cf86f..97780df128 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/daemonset.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/daemonset.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ func DaemonSet(cfg config.Config, logger logr.Logger, otelcol v1alpha1.OpenTelem
 					Volumes:            Volumes(cfg, otelcol),
 					Tolerations:        otelcol.Spec.Tolerations,
 					HostNetwork:        otelcol.Spec.HostNetwork,
+					SecurityContext:    otelcol.Spec.PodSecurityContext,
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/collector/daemonset_test.go b/pkg/collector/daemonset_test.go
index 60ec91a758..9d84abfe3c 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/daemonset_test.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/daemonset_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/apis/v1alpha1"
@@ -93,3 +94,30 @@ func TestDaemonsetPodAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "my-instance-collector", ds.Name)
 	assert.Equal(t, testPodAnnotationValues, ds.Spec.Template.Annotations)
 }
+
+func TestDaemonstPodSecurityContext(t *testing.T) {
+	runAsNonRoot := true
+	runAsUser := int64(1337)
+	runasGroup := int64(1338)
+
+	otelcol := v1alpha1.OpenTelemetryCollector{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: "my-instance",
+		},
+		Spec: v1alpha1.OpenTelemetryCollectorSpec{
+			PodSecurityContext: &v1.PodSecurityContext{
+				RunAsNonRoot: &runAsNonRoot,
+				RunAsUser:    &runAsUser,
+				RunAsGroup:   &runasGroup,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	cfg := config.New()
+
+	d := DaemonSet(cfg, logger, otelcol)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, &runAsNonRoot, d.Spec.Template.Spec.SecurityContext.RunAsNonRoot)
+	assert.Equal(t, &runAsUser, d.Spec.Template.Spec.SecurityContext.RunAsUser)
+	assert.Equal(t, &runasGroup, d.Spec.Template.Spec.SecurityContext.RunAsGroup)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/collector/deployment.go b/pkg/collector/deployment.go
index 64b688a013..9e027d4f80 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/deployment.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ func Deployment(cfg config.Config, logger logr.Logger, otelcol v1alpha1.OpenTele
 					Containers:         []corev1.Container{Container(cfg, logger, otelcol)},
 					Volumes:            Volumes(cfg, otelcol),
 					Tolerations:        otelcol.Spec.Tolerations,
+					SecurityContext:    otelcol.Spec.PodSecurityContext,
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/collector/deployment_test.go b/pkg/collector/deployment_test.go
index d89d39c4ef..fb119e4414 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/deployment_test.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/deployment_test.go
@@ -86,3 +86,30 @@ func TestDeploymentPodAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "my-instance-collector", d.Name)
 	assert.Equal(t, testPodAnnotationValues, d.Spec.Template.Annotations)
 }
+
+func TestDeploymenttPodSecurityContext(t *testing.T) {
+	runAsNonRoot := true
+	runAsUser := int64(1337)
+	runasGroup := int64(1338)
+
+	otelcol := v1alpha1.OpenTelemetryCollector{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: "my-instance",
+		},
+		Spec: v1alpha1.OpenTelemetryCollectorSpec{
+			PodSecurityContext: &v1.PodSecurityContext{
+				RunAsNonRoot: &runAsNonRoot,
+				RunAsUser:    &runAsUser,
+				RunAsGroup:   &runasGroup,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	cfg := config.New()
+
+	d := Deployment(cfg, logger, otelcol)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, &runAsNonRoot, d.Spec.Template.Spec.SecurityContext.RunAsNonRoot)
+	assert.Equal(t, &runAsUser, d.Spec.Template.Spec.SecurityContext.RunAsUser)
+	assert.Equal(t, &runasGroup, d.Spec.Template.Spec.SecurityContext.RunAsGroup)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/collector/statefulset.go b/pkg/collector/statefulset.go
index 8b02501c6a..d8ee3b7200 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/statefulset.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/statefulset.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ func StatefulSet(cfg config.Config, logger logr.Logger, otelcol v1alpha1.OpenTel
 					Containers:         []corev1.Container{Container(cfg, logger, otelcol)},
 					Volumes:            Volumes(cfg, otelcol),
 					Tolerations:        otelcol.Spec.Tolerations,
+					SecurityContext:    otelcol.Spec.PodSecurityContext,
 				},
 			},
 			Replicas:             otelcol.Spec.Replicas,
diff --git a/pkg/collector/statefulset_test.go b/pkg/collector/statefulset_test.go
index eba62de74e..8cc4e9d3f8 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/statefulset_test.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/statefulset_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
@@ -144,3 +145,30 @@ func TestStatefulSetPodAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "my-instance-collector", ss.Name)
 	assert.Equal(t, testPodAnnotationValues, ss.Spec.Template.Annotations)
 }
+
+func TestStatefulSetPodSecurityContext(t *testing.T) {
+	runAsNonRoot := true
+	runAsUser := int64(1337)
+	runasGroup := int64(1338)
+
+	otelcol := v1alpha1.OpenTelemetryCollector{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: "my-instance",
+		},
+		Spec: v1alpha1.OpenTelemetryCollectorSpec{
+			PodSecurityContext: &v1.PodSecurityContext{
+				RunAsNonRoot: &runAsNonRoot,
+				RunAsUser:    &runAsUser,
+				RunAsGroup:   &runasGroup,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	cfg := config.New()
+
+	d := StatefulSet(cfg, logger, otelcol)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, &runAsNonRoot, d.Spec.Template.Spec.SecurityContext.RunAsNonRoot)
+	assert.Equal(t, &runAsUser, d.Spec.Template.Spec.SecurityContext.RunAsUser)
+	assert.Equal(t, &runasGroup, d.Spec.Template.Spec.SecurityContext.RunAsGroup)
+}