diff --git a/deploy/Dockerfile b/deploy/Dockerfile
index 136a3ca138..145e74da89 100644
--- a/deploy/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/Dockerfile
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ COPY files/ca-certificates.crt /kaniko/ssl/certs/
 COPY --from=0 /kaniko/.docker /kaniko/.docker
 COPY files/nsswitch.conf /etc/nsswitch.conf
 ENV HOME /root
-ENV USER /root
+ENV USER root
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:/kaniko
 ENV SSL_CERT_DIR=/kaniko/ssl/certs
 ENV DOCKER_CONFIG /kaniko/.docker/