diff --git a/Dockerfile.nginx-alpine b/Dockerfile.nginx-alpine
index fd50cb9e472..d6b13d729f2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.nginx-alpine
+++ b/Dockerfile.nginx-alpine
@@ -64,18 +64,23 @@ COPY dojo/ ./dojo/
 RUN env DD_SECRET_KEY='.' DD_DJANGO_DEBUG_TOOLBAR_ENABLED=True python3 manage.py collectstatic --noinput --verbosity=2 && true
 
 FROM nginx:1.29.1-alpine3.22@sha256:42a516af16b852e33b7682d5ef8acbd5d13fe08fecadc7ed98605ba5e3b26ab8
-ARG uid=1001
-ARG appuser=defectdojo
+ARG uid=101
+ARG gid=101
 COPY --from=collectstatic /app/static/ /usr/share/nginx/html/static/
 COPY wsgi_params nginx/nginx.conf nginx/nginx_TLS.conf /etc/nginx/
 COPY docker/entrypoint-nginx.sh /
 RUN \
   apk add --no-cache openssl && \
   chmod -R g=u /var/cache/nginx && \
+  chown -R ${uid}:${gid} /var/cache/nginx && \
   mkdir /var/run/defectdojo && \
   chmod -R g=u /var/run/defectdojo && \
+  chown -R ${uid}:${gid} /var/run/defectdojo && \
+  chmod -R g=u /run/defectdojo && \
+  chown -R ${uid}:${gid} /run/defectdojo && \
   mkdir -p /etc/nginx/ssl && \
   chmod -R g=u /etc/nginx && \
+  chown -R ${uid}:${gid} /etc/nginx && \
   true
 ENV \
   DD_UWSGI_PASS="uwsgi_server" \
@@ -86,6 +91,6 @@ ENV \
   NGINX_METRICS_ENABLED="false" \
   METRICS_HTTP_AUTH_USER="" \
   METRICS_HTTP_AUTH_PASSWORD=""
-USER ${uid}
+USER ${uid}:${gid}
 EXPOSE 8080
 ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint-nginx.sh"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.override.https.yml b/docker-compose.override.https.yml
index abe06b4812d..156b4ca5d8c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.override.https.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.override.https.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ services:
     environment:
       USE_TLS: 'true'
       GENERATE_TLS_CERTIFICATE: 'true'
+    tmpfs:
+      - /etc/nginx/ssl:uid=101,gid=101
     ports:
       - target: 8443
         published: ${DD_TLS_PORT:-8443}
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e5238fa6b8b..70e6814a0e8 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ services:
       NGINX_METRICS_ENABLED: "${NGINX_METRICS_ENABLED:-false}"
       DD_UWSGI_HOST: "${DD_UWSGI_HOST:-uwsgi}"
       DD_UWSGI_PORT: "${DD_UWSGI_PORT:-3031}"
+    read_only: true
     volumes:
       - defectdojo_media:/usr/share/nginx/html/media
+    tmpfs:
+      - /run/defectdojo:uid=101,gid=101
+      - /var/cache/nginx:uid=101,gid=101
     ports:
       - target: 8080
         published: ${DD_PORT:-8080}
diff --git a/helm/defectdojo/Chart.yaml b/helm/defectdojo/Chart.yaml
index 7dfd0153e86..0181f3cccb5 100644
--- a/helm/defectdojo/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/defectdojo/Chart.yaml
@@ -19,4 +19,6 @@ dependencies:
     condition: redis.enabled
 annotations:
   artifacthub.io/prerelease: "true"
-  artifacthub.io/changes: ""
+  artifacthub.io/changes: |
+    - kind: changed
+      description: Hardening of Nginx container
diff --git a/helm/defectdojo/README.md b/helm/defectdojo/README.md
index fac1345d8c2..0285e14d344 100644
--- a/helm/defectdojo/README.md
+++ b/helm/defectdojo/README.md
@@ -611,7 +611,12 @@ A Helm chart for Kubernetes to install DefectDojo
 | django.mediaPersistentVolume.persistentVolumeClaim.size | string | `"5Gi"` |  |
 | django.mediaPersistentVolume.persistentVolumeClaim.storageClassName | string | `""` |  |
 | django.mediaPersistentVolume.type | string | `"emptyDir"` |  |
-| django.nginx.containerSecurityContext.runAsUser | int | `1001` |  |
+| django.nginx.containerSecurityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation | bool | `false` |  |
+| django.nginx.containerSecurityContext.capabilities.drop[0] | string | `"ALL"` |  |
+| django.nginx.containerSecurityContext.readOnlyRootFilesystem | bool | `true` |  |
+| django.nginx.containerSecurityContext.runAsGroup | int | `101` |  |
+| django.nginx.containerSecurityContext.runAsNonRoot | bool | `true` |  |
+| django.nginx.containerSecurityContext.runAsUser | int | `101` |  |
 | django.nginx.extraEnv | list | `[]` |  |
 | django.nginx.extraVolumeMounts | list | `[]` |  |
 | django.nginx.resources.limits.cpu | string | `"2000m"` |  |
diff --git a/helm/defectdojo/templates/django-deployment.yaml b/helm/defectdojo/templates/django-deployment.yaml
index 16738a91b41..817bc3ed46e 100644
--- a/helm/defectdojo/templates/django-deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/defectdojo/templates/django-deployment.yaml
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ spec:
       volumes:
       - name: run
         emptyDir: {}
+      - name: nginx-cache
+        emptyDir: {}
       {{- if .Values.localsettingspy }}
       - name: localsettingspy
         configMap:
@@ -296,6 +298,8 @@ spec:
         volumeMounts:
         - name: run
           mountPath: /run/defectdojo
+        - name: nginx-cache
+          mountPath: /var/cache/nginx
         {{- with .Values.django.extraVolumeMounts }}
           {{- . | toYaml | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/defectdojo/values.schema.json b/helm/defectdojo/values.schema.json
index 74e14508d13..9d130da29de 100644
--- a/helm/defectdojo/values.schema.json
+++ b/helm/defectdojo/values.schema.json
@@ -399,6 +399,29 @@
                         "containerSecurityContext": {
                             "type": "object",
                             "properties": {
+                                "allowPrivilegeEscalation": {
+                                    "type": "boolean"
+                                },
+                                "capabilities": {
+                                    "type": "object",
+                                    "properties": {
+                                        "drop": {
+                                            "type": "array",
+                                            "items": {
+                                                "type": "string"
+                                            }
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                },
+                                "readOnlyRootFilesystem": {
+                                    "type": "boolean"
+                                },
+                                "runAsGroup": {
+                                    "type": "integer"
+                                },
+                                "runAsNonRoot": {
+                                    "type": "boolean"
+                                },
                                 "runAsUser": {
                                     "type": "integer"
                                 }
diff --git a/helm/defectdojo/values.yaml b/helm/defectdojo/values.yaml
index bba288d5dbf..3098508694a 100644
--- a/helm/defectdojo/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/defectdojo/values.yaml
@@ -286,8 +286,14 @@ django:
   nginx:
     # Container security context for the nginx containers.
     containerSecurityContext:
-      # nginx dockerfile sets USER=1001
-      runAsUser: 1001
+      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+      readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+      capabilities:
+        drop:
+          - ALL
+      runAsNonRoot: true
+      runAsUser: 101
+      runAsGroup: 101
     # To extra environment variables to the nginx container, you can use extraEnv. For example:
     # extraEnv:
     # - name: FOO