diff --git a/Dockerfile.cli b/Dockerfile.cli
index 455fc61a0ed..916bc8b91ff 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.cli
+++ b/Dockerfile.cli
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ FROM ${DOCKER_REGISTRY}/dspace/dspace-dependencies:${DSPACE_VERSION} AS build
 ARG TARGET_DIR=dspace-installer
 WORKDIR /app
 # The dspace-installer directory will be written to /install
+USER root
 RUN mkdir /install \
     && chown -Rv dspace: /install \
     && chown -Rv dspace: /app
diff --git a/Dockerfile.test b/Dockerfile.test
index 8fdb2c1c4e9..1259604d7a6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.test
+++ b/Dockerfile.test
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ FROM ${DOCKER_REGISTRY}/dspace/dspace-dependencies:${DSPACE_VERSION} AS build
 ARG TARGET_DIR=dspace-installer
 WORKDIR /app
 # The dspace-installer directory will be written to /install
+USER root
 RUN mkdir /install \
     && chown -Rv dspace: /install \
     && chown -Rv dspace: /app