diff --git a/tests/bud.bats b/tests/bud.bats
index b5dd012a95..c3ba820e0e 100644
--- a/tests/bud.bats
+++ b/tests/bud.bats
@@ -608,7 +608,8 @@ load helpers
   run_buildah bud --signature-policy ${TESTSDIR}/policy.json -t ${target} ${TESTSDIR}/bud/volume-ownership
   run_buildah from --quiet --signature-policy ${TESTSDIR}/policy.json ${target}
   cid=$output
-  run_buildah run $cid test-ownership
+  run_buildah run $cid stat -c "%U %G" /vol/subvol
+  expect_output "testuser testgroup"
 }
 
 @test "bud-from-glob" {
diff --git a/tests/bud/volume-ownership/Dockerfile b/tests/bud/volume-ownership/Dockerfile
index 4a113dfb0c..fe0ee86f98 100644
--- a/tests/bud/volume-ownership/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/bud/volume-ownership/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 FROM alpine
-ADD test-ownership /usr/bin/
 RUN adduser -D -H testuser && addgroup testgroup
 RUN mkdir -p /vol/subvol
 RUN chown testuser:testgroup /vol/subvol
 VOLUME /vol/subvol
+
+# Run some command after VOLUME to ensure that the volume cache behavior is invoked
+# See https://github.com/containers/buildah/blob/843d15de3e797bd912607d27324d13a9d5c27dfb/imagebuildah/stage_executor.go#L61-L72 and
+# for more details
 RUN touch /test
diff --git a/tests/bud/volume-ownership/test-ownership b/tests/bud/volume-ownership/test-ownership
deleted file mode 100755
index f07d23b869..0000000000
--- a/tests/bud/volume-ownership/test-ownership
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -e
-
-MY_USER=$(stat -c "%U" /vol/subvol) && [[ "$MY_USER" == "testuser" ]]
-MY_GROUP=$(stat -c "%G" /vol/subvol) && [[ "$MY_GROUP" == "testgroup" ]]