diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6d4a9b8..30f4a7c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ RUN make quick-vet
 
 FROM debian:bullseye-slim
 
+# Create nonroot user and group with specific IDs
+RUN groupadd -r nonroot --gid=65532 && \
+    useradd -r -g nonroot --uid=65532 nonroot
+
+USER nonroot:nonroot
+
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/safedep/vet
@@ -23,6 +29,4 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.licenses=Apache-2.0
 COPY ./samples/ /vet/samples
 COPY --from=build /build/vet /usr/local/bin/vet
 
-USER nonroot:nonroot
-
 ENTRYPOINT ["vet"]