diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d023e3a8174c7557ed9cb69faf717b84594d8e49..6e5a1267c3602e70eb30adcad4f6d715100fa999 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-image: jhipster/jhipster:latest
+image:
+  name: 'jhipster/jhipster:latest'
+  user: 'root'
 
 cache:
   key: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME'