diff --git a/charts/stable/esphome/Chart.yaml b/charts/stable/esphome/Chart.yaml
index bb8ee273383..99791761cc9 100644
--- a/charts/stable/esphome/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/stable/esphome/Chart.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ sources:
 - https://github.com/esphome/esphome
 - https://hub.docker.com/u/esphome
 type: application
-version: 9.0.35
+version: 9.0.36
 annotations:
   truecharts.org/catagories: |
     - tools
diff --git a/charts/stable/esphome/questions.yaml b/charts/stable/esphome/questions.yaml
index d886926d554..00340948664 100644
--- a/charts/stable/esphome/questions.yaml
+++ b/charts/stable/esphome/questions.yaml
@@ -295,22 +295,22 @@ questions:
                 label: "Privileged mode"
                 schema:
                   type: boolean
-                  default: false
+                  default: true
               - variable: readOnlyRootFilesystem
                 label: "ReadOnly Root Filesystem"
                 schema:
                   type: boolean
-                  default: true
+                  default: false
               - variable: allowPrivilegeEscalation
                 label: "Allow Privilege Escalation"
                 schema:
                   type: boolean
-                  default: false
+                  default: true
               - variable: runAsNonRoot
                 label: "runAsNonRoot"
                 schema:
                   type: boolean
-                  default: true
+                  default: false
 
   - variable: podSecurityContext
     group: "Security and Permissions"
@@ -323,13 +323,13 @@ questions:
           description: "The UserID of the user running the application"
           schema:
             type: int
-            default: 568
+            default: 0
         - variable: runAsGroup
           label: "runAsGroup"
           description: The groupID this App of the user running the application"
           schema:
             type: int
-            default: 568
+            default: 0
         - variable: fsGroup
           label: "fsGroup"
           description: "The group that should own ALL storage."
diff --git a/charts/stable/esphome/values.yaml b/charts/stable/esphome/values.yaml
index fdcdf8d0109..8d63a3e5867 100644
--- a/charts/stable/esphome/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/stable/esphome/values.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@ image:
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   tag: v2021.12.3@sha256:5627e9a2b7134603a2dbc950ce9ab501ed026b106b1eee95a00f5c531e26d1ad
 
+# App needs to run as root because of this: https://github.com/esphome/issues/issues/2752
+securityContext:
+  runAsNonRoot: false
+  readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
+  privileged: true
+  allowPrivilegeEscalation: true
+
+podSecurityContext:
+  runAsUser: 0
+  runAsGroup: 0
+
 service:
   main:
     ports: