diff --git a/tests/certification/pubsub/pulsar/config/docker-compose_auth-oidc.yaml.tmpl b/tests/certification/pubsub/pulsar/config/docker-compose_auth-oidc.yaml.tmpl
index fe958a9271..f4388f9539 100644
--- a/tests/certification/pubsub/pulsar/config/docker-compose_auth-oidc.yaml.tmpl
+++ b/tests/certification/pubsub/pulsar/config/docker-compose_auth-oidc.yaml.tmpl
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ services:
       - metadataStoreUrl=zk:localhost:2181
       - metricsProvider.httpPort=7000
       - PULSAR_MEM=-Xms256m -Xmx256m -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=256m
+    user: ${UID}
     command: >
       bash -c "bin/apply-config-from-env.py conf/zookeeper.conf && \
              bin/generate-zookeeper-config.sh conf/zookeeper.conf && \
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ services:
       - BOOKIE_MEM=-Xms512m -Xmx512m -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=256m
     env_file:
       - ./pulsar_auth-oidc.conf
+    user: ${UID}
     volumes:
       - "bookiedata:/pulsar/data/bookkeeper"
       - "{{ .TmpDir }}:/daprconfig"
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ services:
     network_mode: "host"
     env_file:
       - ./pulsar_auth-oidc.conf
+    user: ${UID}
     volumes:
       - "{{ .TmpDir }}:/daprconfig"
     environment:
diff --git a/tests/certification/pubsub/pulsar/pulsar_test.go b/tests/certification/pubsub/pulsar/pulsar_test.go
index 55a11cd6c5..3adb199781 100644
--- a/tests/certification/pubsub/pulsar/pulsar_test.go
+++ b/tests/certification/pubsub/pulsar/pulsar_test.go
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ func TestPulsar(t *testing.T) {
 
 		t.Log("Waiting for OAuth server to be ready...")
 		oauthCA := peerCertificate(t, "localhost:8085")
+		t.Log("OAuth server is ready")
 
 		dir := t.TempDir()