diff --git a/.github/workflows/manylinux2014-openssl.Dockerfile b/.github/workflows/manylinux2014-openssl.Dockerfile
index 687f505aa..92e49ad07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manylinux2014-openssl.Dockerfile
+++ b/.github/workflows/manylinux2014-openssl.Dockerfile
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ FROM quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64
 ARG OPENSSL_VERSION
 LABEL com.aerospike.clients.openssl-version=$OPENSSL_VERSION
 
-RUN useradd nonroot
-USER nonroot
-
 # https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-openssl-3-x-on-centos-rhel-7/
 RUN yum install -y perl-Text-Template.noarch perl-IPC-Cmd perl-Test-Simple wget
 
@@ -21,11 +18,7 @@ WORKDIR $OPENSSL_TAR_NAME
 ARG OPENSSL_INSTALL_DIR=/opt/openssl3
 RUN ./Configure --prefix=$OPENSSL_INSTALL_DIR --openssldir=/etc/opt/openssl3
 RUN make
-
-RUN make test
-
-USER root
-
+RUN make V=1 test
 RUN make install
 RUN ln -s $OPENSSL_INSTALL_DIR/lib64/libssl.so.3 /usr/local/lib64/libssl.so.3
 RUN ln -s $OPENSSL_INSTALL_DIR/lib64/libcrypto.so.3 /usr/local/lib64/libcrypto.so.3