diff --git a/changelog/v0.40.5/globalFloatingUserId_in_delpoyment_templates.yaml b/changelog/v0.40.5/globalFloatingUserId_in_delpoyment_templates.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3225f920f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/v0.40.5/globalFloatingUserId_in_delpoyment_templates.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+changelog:
+  - type: NEW_FEATURE
+    issueLink: https://github.com/solo-io/gloo/issues/5034
+    resolvesIssue: false
+    description: |
+      Adds the ability to render deployments templates with a reference global floatingUserId field. This field is used to globally unset
+      the runAsUser field in container securityContexts (like the painter's floatingUserId) and supresses the rendering of the
+      pod's securityContext. This feature is enabled by setting the GlobalFloatingUserIdPath in the Operator to the path of the global field,
+      and defaults to an empty string.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/codegen/cmd_test.go b/codegen/cmd_test.go
index 2a0ce0a8d..47e0a4584 100644
--- a/codegen/cmd_test.go
+++ b/codegen/cmd_test.go
@@ -2134,6 +2134,105 @@ roleRef:
 			}),
 	)
 
+	DescribeTable("rendering with GlobalFloatingUserId",
+		func(floatingUserId bool) {
+			cmd := &Command{
+				Chart: &Chart{
+					Operators: []Operator{
+						{
+							Name: "painter",
+							Deployment: Deployment{
+								Container: Container{
+									Image: Image{
+										Tag:        "v0.0.0",
+										Repository: "painter",
+										Registry:   "quay.io/solo-io",
+										PullPolicy: "IfNotPresent",
+									},
+								},
+							},
+							GlobalFloatingUserIdPath: ".Values.global.securitySettings.floatingUserId",
+						},
+					},
+					// Because the global override comes from .Values it has to be set here, not on the painter
+					Values: map[string]interface{}{
+						"global": map[string]interface{}{
+							"securitySettings": map[string]interface{}{
+								"floatingUserId": floatingUserId,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					Data: Data{
+						ApiVersion:  "v1",
+						Description: "",
+						Name:        "Painting Operator",
+						Version:     "v0.0.1",
+						Home:        "https://docs.solo.io/skv2/latest",
+						Sources: []string{
+							"https://github.com/solo-io/skv2",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+
+				ManifestRoot: "codegen/test/chart",
+			}
+
+			err := cmd.Execute()
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+			runAsUser := 202020
+			runAsGroup := 999
+			painterValues := map[string]interface{}{
+				"enabled":   true,
+				"runAsUser": runAsUser,
+				"podSecurityContext": map[string]interface{}{
+					"runAsUser": runAsUser,
+					"fsGroup":   runAsGroup,
+				},
+			}
+
+			helmValues := map[string]interface{}{"painter": painterValues}
+
+			renderedManifests := helmTemplate("./codegen/test/chart", helmValues)
+
+			var renderedDeployment *appsv1.Deployment
+			decoder := kubeyaml.NewYAMLOrJSONDecoder(bytes.NewBuffer(renderedManifests), 4096)
+			for {
+				obj := &unstructured.Unstructured{}
+				err := decoder.Decode(obj)
+				if err != nil {
+					break
+				}
+				if obj.GetName() != "painter" || obj.GetKind() != "Deployment" {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				bytes, err := obj.MarshalJSON()
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+				renderedDeployment = &appsv1.Deployment{}
+				err = json.Unmarshal(bytes, renderedDeployment)
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			}
+
+			Expect(renderedDeployment).NotTo(BeNil())
+			renderedRunAsUser := renderedDeployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].SecurityContext.RunAsUser
+			renderedPodSecurityContext := renderedDeployment.Spec.Template.Spec.SecurityContext
+
+			// When using the global floatingUserId, the container runAsUser and RunAsUser should not be set
+			if floatingUserId {
+				Expect(renderedRunAsUser).To(BeNil())
+				Expect(renderedPodSecurityContext).To(BeNil())
+			} else {
+				Expect(*renderedRunAsUser).To(Equal(int64(runAsUser)))
+				Expect(*renderedPodSecurityContext.RunAsUser).To(Equal(int64(runAsUser)))
+				Expect(*renderedPodSecurityContext.FSGroup).To(Equal(int64(runAsGroup)))
+			}
+
+		},
+		Entry("Global floatingUserId is true", true),
+		Entry("Global floatingUserId is false", false),
+	)
+
 	Describe("rendering template env vars", func() {
 		var tmpDir string
 
diff --git a/codegen/model/chart.go b/codegen/model/chart.go
index 78f53cdce..a59b0845a 100644
--- a/codegen/model/chart.go
+++ b/codegen/model/chart.go
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ type Operator struct {
 	//
 	// E.g: `and (.Values.operator.customValueA) (.Values.operator.customValueB)`
 	CustomEnableCondition string
+
+	// Optional: if specified, will use this path in rendering template logic
+	GlobalFloatingUserIdPath string
 }
 
 func (o Operator) FormattedName() string {
diff --git a/codegen/templates/chart/operator-deployment.yamltmpl b/codegen/templates/chart/operator-deployment.yamltmpl
index 965053d30..d2bed07d1 100644
--- a/codegen/templates/chart/operator-deployment.yamltmpl
+++ b/codegen/templates/chart/operator-deployment.yamltmpl
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ spec:
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: [[ $operator.Name ]]
       {{- /* Override the default podSecurityContext config if it is set. */}}
+[[- /* the GlobalFloatingUserId is expected to disable the pod security context */ -]]
+[[- if $operator.GlobalFloatingUserIdPath ]]
+{{- if not [[ $operator.GlobalFloatingUserIdPath ]] }}
+[[- end ]]
 {{- if or ([[ (opVar $operator) ]].podSecurityContext) (eq "map[]" (printf "%v" [[ (opVar $operator) ]].podSecurityContext)) }}
       securityContext:
 {{ toYaml [[ (opVar $operator) ]].podSecurityContext | indent 8 }}
@@ -96,6 +100,9 @@ spec:
 [[ toYaml $podSecurityContext | indent 8 ]]
 [[- end ]]
 {{- end }}
+[[- if $operator.GlobalFloatingUserIdPath ]] [[/* end the "if" if GlobalFloatingUserId is being checked */]]
+{{- end }}
+[[- end ]]
 [[- if $volumes ]]
       volumes:
 [[ toYaml $volumes | indent 6 ]]
@@ -192,7 +199,12 @@ spec:
           {}
 {{- else}}
           runAsNonRoot: true
+          [[- /* if there is a GlobalFloatingUserIdPath add it to the runAsuser logic */ -]]
+          [[- if $operator.GlobalFloatingUserIdPath ]]
+          {{- if not (or $[[ $operatorVar ]].floatingUserId [[ $operator.GlobalFloatingUserIdPath ]]) }}
+          [[- else ]]
           {{- if not $[[ $operatorVar ]].floatingUserId }}
+          [[- end ]]
           runAsUser: {{ printf "%.0f" (float64 $[[ $operatorVar ]].runAsUser) }}
           {{- end }}
           readOnlyRootFilesystem: true