diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a9866a0ed676cc29cb3765022b035d59283a5eec..ea13345944802ed3f6df4ecc562c681f6f23761d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ before_script:
   - echo > .env-gitlab-ci
   - variables=("HOME=$HOME" "CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" "CI_REPOSITORY_URL=$CI_REPOSITORY_URL" "GITLAB_TOKEN=$GITLAB_TOKEN" "CI_JOB_TOKEN=$CI_JOB_TOKEN" "GITLAB_USER_EMAIL=$GITLAB_USER_EMAIL" "GITLAB_USER_NAME=\"$GITLAB_USER_NAME\"" "CI_REGISTRY_USER=$CI_REGISTRY_USER" "CI_PROJECT_ID=$CI_PROJECT_ID" "CI_PROJECT_DIR=$CI_PROJECT_DIR" "CI_API_V4_URL=$CI_API_V4_URL" "CI_PROJECT_NAME=$CI_PROJECT_NAME" "CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA=$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"); for var in "${variables[@]}"; do echo "$var" >> .env-gitlab-ci; done
   - cat .env-gitlab-ci
+  - sudo usermod -aG 998 gitlab-runner
   - env
   - ls -la /var/run/docker.sock
   - nix shell nixpkgs#docker-client -c docker --host="unix:///var/run/docker.sock" info
diff --git a/devenv.nix b/devenv.nix
index 481b0f827c54954e51f32a52dc9a686eb67e5623..db6890dd5ccd75cf343cedf4a3141e71ba637edf 100644
--- a/devenv.nix
+++ b/devenv.nix
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ EOF
       - echo > .env-gitlab-ci
       - variables=("HOME=$HOME" "CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" "CI_REPOSITORY_URL=$CI_REPOSITORY_URL" "GITLAB_TOKEN=$GITLAB_TOKEN" "CI_JOB_TOKEN=$CI_JOB_TOKEN" "GITLAB_USER_EMAIL=$GITLAB_USER_EMAIL" "GITLAB_USER_NAME=\"$GITLAB_USER_NAME\"" "CI_REGISTRY_USER=$CI_REGISTRY_USER" "CI_PROJECT_ID=$CI_PROJECT_ID" "CI_PROJECT_DIR=$CI_PROJECT_DIR" "CI_API_V4_URL=$CI_API_V4_URL" "CI_PROJECT_NAME=$CI_PROJECT_NAME" "CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA=$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"); for var in "''${variables[@]}"; do echo "$var" >> .env-gitlab-ci; done
       - cat .env-gitlab-ci
+      - sudo usermod -aG 998 gitlab-runner
       - env
       - ls -la /var/run/docker.sock
       - nix shell nixpkgs#docker-client -c docker --host="unix:///var/run/docker.sock" info