diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 6ebdf40..7fdfa78 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -297,8 +297,9 @@
                     memory: 64Mi
                 securityContext:
                   runAsNonRoot: true
-                  runAsUser: 65534
-                  runAsGroup: 65534
+                  # P2Pool's uid: it creates /api/local as 0750, owner only.
+                  runAsUser: 1001
+                  runAsGroup: 1001
                   readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
                   allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
                   capabilities: