diff --git a/examples/newrelic/README.md b/examples/newrelic/README.md
index 591c81c5260..710a31eeaa9 100644
--- a/examples/newrelic/README.md
+++ b/examples/newrelic/README.md
@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ spec:
       # Filter to specific nodes:
       # nodeSelector:
       #  app: newrelic
-      securityContext:
-        privileged: true
       hostPID: true
       hostIPC: true
       hostNetwork: true
@@ -130,6 +128,8 @@ spec:
         - resources:
             requests:
               cpu: 0.15
+          securityContext:
+            privileged: true
           env:
             - name: NRSYSMOND_logfile
               value: "/var/log/nrsysmond.log"
diff --git a/examples/newrelic/config-to-secret.sh b/examples/newrelic/config-to-secret.sh
index 823aa4fde3c..70e02a35cdd 100755
--- a/examples/newrelic/config-to-secret.sh
+++ b/examples/newrelic/config-to-secret.sh
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@
 
 # Encodes the environment variables into a Kubernetes secret.
 
-BASE64_ENC=$(cat nrconfig.env | base64 --wrap=0)
+BASE64_ENC=$(cat nrconfig.env | base64 | tr -d '\n')
 sed -e "s#{{config_data}}#${BASE64_ENC}#g" ./newrelic-config-template.yaml > newrelic-config.yaml
diff --git a/examples/newrelic/newrelic-daemonset.yaml b/examples/newrelic/newrelic-daemonset.yaml
index b4cc29f51fa..24adb382378 100644
--- a/examples/newrelic/newrelic-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/examples/newrelic/newrelic-daemonset.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ spec:
       # Filter to specific nodes:
       # nodeSelector:
       #  app: newrelic
-      securityContext:
-        privileged: true
       hostPID: true
       hostIPC: true
       hostNetwork: true
@@ -24,6 +22,8 @@ spec:
         - resources:
             requests:
               cpu: 0.15
+          securityContext:
+            privileged: true
           env:
             - name: NRSYSMOND_logfile
               value: "/var/log/nrsysmond.log"