diff --git a/aws-sagemaker-hosted-scorer/build.gradle b/aws-sagemaker-hosted-scorer/build.gradle
index a66d579a..222adb10 100644
--- a/aws-sagemaker-hosted-scorer/build.gradle
+++ b/aws-sagemaker-hosted-scorer/build.gradle
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ jib {
     }
     container {
         jvmFlags = defaultJibContainerJvmFlags.split(" ").each { it.trim() }.toList()
+        user = 1001
         ports = ['8080']
         volumes = [
                 // mojo pipeline and license file will live here
diff --git a/gcp-cloud-run/build.gradle b/gcp-cloud-run/build.gradle
index 32ebfea0..748f4eb0 100644
--- a/gcp-cloud-run/build.gradle
+++ b/gcp-cloud-run/build.gradle
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ jib {
     }
     container {
         jvmFlags = defaultJibContainerJvmFlags.split(" ").each { it.trim() }.toList()
+        user = 1001
         ports = ['8080']
         environment = [
                 // The expected path to the DAI license file.
diff --git a/gcp-vertex-ai-mojo-scorer/build.gradle b/gcp-vertex-ai-mojo-scorer/build.gradle
index 482bd0b4..dd3fd400 100644
--- a/gcp-vertex-ai-mojo-scorer/build.gradle
+++ b/gcp-vertex-ai-mojo-scorer/build.gradle
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ jib {
     }
     container {
         jvmFlags = defaultJibContainerJvmFlags.split(" ").each { it.trim() }.toList()
+        user = 1001
         ports = ['8080']
         environment = [
                 // The expected path to the DAI license file.
diff --git a/local-rest-scorer/build.gradle b/local-rest-scorer/build.gradle
index bf22837f..93ac3697 100644
--- a/local-rest-scorer/build.gradle
+++ b/local-rest-scorer/build.gradle
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ jib {
     }
     container {
         jvmFlags = defaultJibContainerJvmFlags.split(" ").each { it.trim() }.toList()
+        user = 1001
         ports = ['8080']
         volumes = [
                 // For storing the mojo2 file with the model to be used for scoring.