diff --git a/scenario_tests/stores/tests/test_gdal.py b/scenario_tests/stores/tests/test_gdal.py
index 74829bbc..352674e7 100644
--- a/scenario_tests/stores/tests/test_gdal.py
+++ b/scenario_tests/stores/tests/test_gdal.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import unittest
-from os import environ
+from os import environ, chown
 from subprocess import check_call
 from requests import get, post, exceptions
 from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
 from geo.Geoserver import Geoserver
 
+
 class TestGeoServerGDAL(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ def test_publish_gdal_store(self):
         built_vrt = f'gdalbuildvrt {self.geo_data_dir}/sfdem.vrt {self.geo_data_dir}/sfdem.tif'
         check_call(built_vrt, shell=True)
         vrt_path = f'{self.geo_data_dir}/sfdem.vrt'
+        chown(vrt_path, 1000, 1000)
 
         geo = Geoserver(self.gs_url, username=self.geo_username, password=self.geo_password)
 
@@ -58,5 +60,6 @@ def test_publish_gdal_store(self):
         response = get(data_store_url, auth=auth)
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()