diff --git a/documentation/staging/content/managing-operators/using-helm.md b/documentation/staging/content/managing-operators/using-helm.md
index 0e048416db7..a5792567bf8 100644
--- a/documentation/staging/content/managing-operators/using-helm.md
+++ b/documentation/staging/content/managing-operators/using-helm.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ description: "An operator runtime is installed and configured using Helm. Here a
     - [`labels`](#labels)
     - [`nodeSelector`](#nodeselector)
     - [`affinity`](#affinity)
+    - [`runAsUser`](#runasuser)
   - [WebLogic domain conversion webhook](#weblogic-domain-conversion-webhook)
     - [`webhookOnly`](#webhookonly)
     - [`operatorOnly`](#operatoronly)
@@ -292,6 +293,13 @@ affinity:
           values:
           - another-node-label-value
 ```
+##### `runAsUser`
+Specifies the UID to run the operator and conversion webhook container processes. If not specified, it defaults to the user specified in the operator's container image.
+
+Example:
+```yaml
+runAsUser: 1000
+```
 
 #### WebLogic domain conversion webhook
 
diff --git a/kubernetes/charts/weblogic-operator/templates/_operator-dep.tpl b/kubernetes/charts/weblogic-operator/templates/_operator-dep.tpl
index 2a2a8423c07..35bf51071a5 100644
--- a/kubernetes/charts/weblogic-operator/templates/_operator-dep.tpl
+++ b/kubernetes/charts/weblogic-operator/templates/_operator-dep.tpl
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ spec:
       {{- end }}
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: {{ .serviceAccount | quote }}
+      {{- if .runAsUser }}
+      securityContext:
+        runAsUser: {{ .runAsUser }}
+      {{- end }}
       {{- with .nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
@@ -222,6 +226,10 @@ spec:
           {{- end }}
         spec:
           serviceAccountName: {{ .serviceAccount | quote }}
+          {{- if .runAsUser }}
+          securityContext:
+            runAsUser: {{ .runAsUser }}
+          {{- end }}
           {{- with .nodeSelector }}
           nodeSelector:
             {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/charts/weblogic-operator/values.yaml b/kubernetes/charts/weblogic-operator/values.yaml
index f1bb6f14b6f..c52073f1386 100644
--- a/kubernetes/charts/weblogic-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/charts/weblogic-operator/values.yaml
@@ -258,3 +258,7 @@ clusterSizePaddingValidationEnabled: true
 # Defaults to 5 retries and 10 seconds between each retry.
 # domainPresenceFailureRetryMaxCount: 5
 # domainPresenceFailureRetrySeconds: 10
+
+# runAsuser specifies the UID to run the operator and conversion webhook container processes. 
+# If not specified, it defaults to the user specified in the operator's container image.
+#runAsUser: 1000