diff --git a/controllers/argocd/deployment.go b/controllers/argocd/deployment.go
index f05f7e1c8..3e6d68dc1 100644
--- a/controllers/argocd/deployment.go
+++ b/controllers/argocd/deployment.go
@@ -1851,7 +1851,6 @@ func getRolloutInitContainer() []corev1.Container {
 				},
 				ReadOnlyRootFilesystem: boolPtr(true),
 				RunAsNonRoot:           boolPtr(true),
-				RunAsUser:              int64Ptr(999),
 				SeccompProfile: &corev1.SeccompProfile{
 					Type: "RuntimeDefault",
 				},
diff --git a/tests/k8s/1-044_validate_rollout_extension/01-assert.yaml b/tests/k8s/1-044_validate_rollout_extension/01-assert.yaml
index 777350413..a42572857 100644
--- a/tests/k8s/1-044_validate_rollout_extension/01-assert.yaml
+++ b/tests/k8s/1-044_validate_rollout_extension/01-assert.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ spec:
               - ALL
             readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
             runAsNonRoot: true
-            runAsUser: 999
       volumes:
       - configMap:
           defaultMode: 420