diff --git a/rabbitmq/templates/statefulset.yaml b/rabbitmq/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 28cafc318..18048428b 100644
--- a/rabbitmq/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/rabbitmq/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ spec:
         configmap-bin-hash: {{ tuple "configmap-bin.yaml" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.hash" }}
         configmap-etc-hash: {{ tuple "configmap-etc.yaml" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.hash" }}
     spec:
+      securityContext:
+        readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
       serviceAccountName: {{ $rcControllerName | quote }}
       affinity:
 {{ tuple $envAll "rabbitmq" "server" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_anti_affinity" | indent 8 }}