diff --git a/cmd/openshift/operator/kodata/openshift/00-prereconcile/openshift-pipelines-scc.yaml b/cmd/openshift/operator/kodata/openshift/00-prereconcile/openshift-pipelines-scc.yaml
index 790ad43ae0..1f0d813419 100644
--- a/cmd/openshift/operator/kodata/openshift/00-prereconcile/openshift-pipelines-scc.yaml
+++ b/cmd/openshift/operator/kodata/openshift/00-prereconcile/openshift-pipelines-scc.yaml
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ seLinuxContext:
   type: MustRunAs
 supplementalGroups:
   type: RunAsAny
-seccompProfiles:
-- runtime/default
 volumes:
 - configMap
 - downwardAPI
diff --git a/pkg/apis/operator/v1alpha1/tektontrigger_defaults.go b/pkg/apis/operator/v1alpha1/tektontrigger_defaults.go
index 05351e4905..aa6ed9fe18 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/operator/v1alpha1/tektontrigger_defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/operator/v1alpha1/tektontrigger_defaults.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 
 	"github.com/tektoncd/triggers/pkg/apis/config"
+	"knative.dev/pkg/ptr"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -46,4 +47,11 @@ func (t *Trigger) openshiftDefaulting() {
 	if t.DefaultServiceAccount == "" {
 		t.DefaultServiceAccount = DefaultOpenshiftSA
 	}
+
+	if t.DefaultRunAsUser == nil {
+		t.DefaultRunAsUser = ptr.String("")
+	}
+	if t.DefaultRunAsGroup == nil {
+		t.DefaultRunAsGroup = ptr.String("")
+	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apis/operator/v1alpha1/tektontrigger_types.go b/pkg/apis/operator/v1alpha1/tektontrigger_types.go
index acb262409f..1a3e5f5030 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/operator/v1alpha1/tektontrigger_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/operator/v1alpha1/tektontrigger_types.go
@@ -92,5 +92,7 @@ type TriggersProperties struct {
 // OptionalTriggersProperties defines the fields which are to be
 // defined for triggers only if user pass them
 type OptionalTriggersProperties struct {
-	DefaultServiceAccount string `json:"default-service-account,omitempty"`
+	DefaultServiceAccount string  `json:"default-service-account,omitempty"`
+	DefaultRunAsUser      *string `json:"default-run-as-user,omitempty"`
+	DefaultRunAsGroup     *string `json:"default-run-as-group,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apis/operator/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/operator/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index ab1d930cfc..256981e375 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/operator/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/operator/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -699,6 +699,16 @@ func (in *OptionalPipelineProperties) DeepCopy() *OptionalPipelineProperties {
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *OptionalTriggersProperties) DeepCopyInto(out *OptionalTriggersProperties) {
 	*out = *in
+	if in.DefaultRunAsUser != nil {
+		in, out := &in.DefaultRunAsUser, &out.DefaultRunAsUser
+		*out = new(string)
+		**out = **in
+	}
+	if in.DefaultRunAsGroup != nil {
+		in, out := &in.DefaultRunAsGroup, &out.DefaultRunAsGroup
+		*out = new(string)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 	return
 }
 
@@ -2158,7 +2168,7 @@ func (in *TektonTriggerStatus) DeepCopy() *TektonTriggerStatus {
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *Trigger) DeepCopyInto(out *Trigger) {
 	*out = *in
-	out.TriggersProperties = in.TriggersProperties
+	in.TriggersProperties.DeepCopyInto(&out.TriggersProperties)
 	in.Options.DeepCopyInto(&out.Options)
 	return
 }
@@ -2176,7 +2186,7 @@ func (in *Trigger) DeepCopy() *Trigger {
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *TriggersProperties) DeepCopyInto(out *TriggersProperties) {
 	*out = *in
-	out.OptionalTriggersProperties = in.OptionalTriggersProperties
+	in.OptionalTriggersProperties.DeepCopyInto(&out.OptionalTriggersProperties)
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/openshift/tektontrigger/transformers_test.go b/pkg/reconciler/openshift/tektontrigger/transformers_test.go
index 30d1db2911..dadf167871 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/openshift/tektontrigger/transformers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/openshift/tektontrigger/transformers_test.go
@@ -56,13 +56,12 @@ func TestReplaceImages(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		newManifest, err := manifest.Transform(
-			replaceDeploymentArgs("-el-security-context", "false"),
 			replaceDeploymentArgs("-el-events", "enable"),
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("assertion failed; expected no error %v", err)
 		}
-		assertDeployContainerArgsValue(t, newManifest.Resources(), "-el-security-context", "false")
+		assertDeployContainerArgsValue(t, newManifest.Resources(), "-el-security-context", "true")
 		assertDeployContainerArgsValue(t, newManifest.Resources(), "-el-events", "enable")
 	})
 }