diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 900be9957a..b02f5873a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -371,10 +371,12 @@ jobs:
       run: apt -q update && apt -q -y install libc6-amd64 lib64stdc++6
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
-    - run: ci/run-build-and-tests.sh
+    - run: useradd builder --create-home
+    - run: chown -R builder .
+    - run: sudo --preserve-env --set-home --user=builder ci/run-build-and-tests.sh
     - name: print test failures
       if: failure() && env.FAILED_TEST_ARTIFACTS != ''
-      run: ci/print-test-failures.sh
+      run: sudo --preserve-env --set-home --user=builder ci/print-test-failures.sh
     - name: Upload failed tests' directories
       if: failure() && env.FAILED_TEST_ARTIFACTS != ''
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/ci/install-dependencies.sh b/ci/install-dependencies.sh
index d1cb9fa878..ecb5b9d36c 100755
--- a/ci/install-dependencies.sh
+++ b/ci/install-dependencies.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ alpine-*)
 	;;
 fedora-*|almalinux-*)
 	dnf -yq update >/dev/null &&
-	dnf -yq install make gcc findutils diffutils perl python3 gettext zlib-devel expat-devel openssl-devel curl-devel pcre2-devel >/dev/null
+	dnf -yq install shadow-utils sudo make gcc findutils diffutils perl python3 gettext zlib-devel expat-devel openssl-devel curl-devel pcre2-devel >/dev/null
 	;;
 ubuntu-*|ubuntu32-*|debian-*)
 	# Required so that apt doesn't wait for user input on certain packages.