diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c6802506af..c9f8378dcd 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ FROM debian:bookworm-20230703-slim as final
 ENV PATH="/node/bin:${PATH}" ALGOD_PORT="8080" KMD_PORT="7833" ALGORAND_DATA="/algod/data"
 
 # curl is needed to lookup the fast catchup url
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates curl gosu && \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates curl && \
     update-ca-certificates && \
     apt-get clean && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
diff --git a/docker/files/run/run.sh b/docker/files/run/run.sh
index 29b69423dc..d92e7e1d1f 100755
--- a/docker/files/run/run.sh
+++ b/docker/files/run/run.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ fi
 # as the algorand user.
 if [ "$(id -u)" = '0' ]; then
   chown -R algorand:algorand $ALGORAND_DATA
-  exec gosu algorand "$0" "$@"
+  exec su -p -c "$(readlink -f $0) $@" algorand
 fi
 
 # Script to configure or resume a network. Based on environment settings the