diff --git a/Dockerfile.utils b/Dockerfile.utils
index c7e2b2f962..29c7444e97 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.utils
+++ b/Dockerfile.utils
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ LABEL \
    org.opencontainers.image.vendor="https://github.com/knative/func" \
    org.opencontainers.image.url="https://github.com/knative/func/pkgs/container/func-utils"
 
-USER 0:0
+USER 1001:1002