diff --git a/charts/stable/smokeping/Chart.yaml b/charts/stable/smokeping/Chart.yaml
index dc9a6668fe1..cde8f14e74c 100644
--- a/charts/stable/smokeping/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/stable/smokeping/Chart.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ sources:
 - https://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/
 - https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/smokeping
 type: application
-version: 1.0.36
+version: 1.0.37
 annotations:
   truecharts.org/catagories: |
     - media
diff --git a/charts/stable/smokeping/questions.yaml b/charts/stable/smokeping/questions.yaml
index a8caf4545f5..3bc5add6830 100644
--- a/charts/stable/smokeping/questions.yaml
+++ b/charts/stable/smokeping/questions.yaml
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ questions:
                 label: "Allow Privilege Escalation"
                 schema:
                   type: boolean
-                  default: false
+                  default: true
               - variable: runAsNonRoot
                 label: "runAsNonRoot"
                 schema:
diff --git a/charts/stable/smokeping/values.yaml b/charts/stable/smokeping/values.yaml
index 12e99e91072..d24d3df6aab 100644
--- a/charts/stable/smokeping/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/stable/smokeping/values.yaml
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ service:
 securityContext:
   readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
   runAsNonRoot: false
+  allowPrivilegeEscalation: true
 
 podSecurityContext:
   runAsUser: 0
   runAsGroup: 0
+
 persistence:
   config:
     enabled: true