diff --git a/go-chaos/go.mod b/go-chaos/go.mod
index ebe812287..6bfd4548f 100644
--- a/go-chaos/go.mod
+++ b/go-chaos/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cpuguy83/dockercfg v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.2+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/docker/docker v23.0.5+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/docker/docker v23.0.7-0.20230730020554-801e90549aac+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.9.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go-chaos/go.sum b/go-chaos/go.sum
index 82ab63ded..e45d1ecf5 100644
--- a/go-chaos/go.sum
+++ b/go-chaos/go.sum
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.2+incompatible h1:T3de5rq0dB1j30rp0sA2rER+m322EBzniBPB6ZIzuh8=
 github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:J2gT2udsDAN96Uj4KfcMRqY0/ypR+oyYUYmja8H+y+w=
-github.com/docker/docker v23.0.5+incompatible h1:DaxtlTJjFSnLOXVNUBU1+6kXGz2lpDoEAH6QoxaSg8k=
-github.com/docker/docker v23.0.5+incompatible/go.mod h1:eEKB0N0r5NX/I1kEveEz05bcu8tLC/8azJZsviup8Sk=
+github.com/docker/docker v23.0.7-0.20230730020554-801e90549aac+incompatible h1:kfAcNSlJ1QftxUMaq6h+zmRDnq/IcL6dUxOKUhKTH+8=
+github.com/docker/docker v23.0.7-0.20230730020554-801e90549aac+incompatible/go.mod h1:eEKB0N0r5NX/I1kEveEz05bcu8tLC/8azJZsviup8Sk=
 github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0 h1:El9xVISelRB7BuFusrZozjnkIM5YnzCViNKohAFqRJQ=
 github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Gbd7IOopHjR8Iph03tsViu4nIes5XhDvyHbTtUxmeec=
 github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0/go.mod h1:fgPhTUdO+D/Jk86RDLlptpiXQzgHJF7gydDDbaIK4Dk=
diff --git a/go-chaos/internal/network.go b/go-chaos/internal/network.go
index 36f1bfe23..f0720cfc3 100644
--- a/go-chaos/internal/network.go
+++ b/go-chaos/internal/network.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ func (c K8Client) ApplyNetworkPatch() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// We need to run the container with root to allow install tooling and give it network admin capabilities
 	patch := []byte(`{
 		"spec":{
 			"template":{
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ func (c K8Client) ApplyNetworkPatch() error {
 						{
 							"name": "zeebe",
 							"securityContext":{
+								"runAsUser": 0,
 								"capabilities":{
 									"add":["NET_ADMIN"]
 								}
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ func (c K8Client) ApplyNetworkPatchOnGateway() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// We need to run the container with root to allow install tooling and give it network admin capabilities
 	patch := []byte(`{
 		"spec":{
 			"template":{
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ func (c K8Client) ApplyNetworkPatchOnGateway() error {
 						{
 							"name": "zeebe-gateway",
 							"securityContext":{
+								"runAsUser": 0,
 								"capabilities":{
 									"add":["NET_ADMIN"]
 								}
diff --git a/go-chaos/internal/stress.go b/go-chaos/internal/stress.go
index e64296b1e..49db65787 100644
--- a/go-chaos/internal/stress.go
+++ b/go-chaos/internal/stress.go
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@
 
 package internal
 
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+)
+
 type StressType struct {
 	IoStress  bool
 	CpuStress bool
@@ -52,8 +59,18 @@ func PutStressOnPod(k8Client K8Client, timeoutSec string, podName string, stress
 }
 
 func installStressOnPod(k8Client K8Client, podName string) error {
+	err := k8Client.SetUserToRoot()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = k8Client.AwaitReadiness()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	// the -qq flag makes the tool less noisy, remove it to get more output
-	err := k8Client.ExecuteCmdOnPod([]string{"apt", "-qq", "update"}, podName)
+	err = k8Client.ExecuteCmdOnPod([]string{"apt", "-qq", "update"}, podName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -65,3 +82,31 @@ func installStressOnPod(k8Client K8Client, podName string) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (c K8Client) SetUserToRoot() error {
+
+	statefulSet, err := c.GetZeebeStatefulSet()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// We need to run the container with root to allow install tooling
+	patch := []byte(`{
+		"spec":{
+			"template":{
+				"spec":{
+					"containers":[
+						{
+							"name": "zeebe",
+							"securityContext":{
+								"runAsUser": 0
+							}
+						}]
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}`)
+
+	_, err = c.Clientset.AppsV1().StatefulSets(c.GetCurrentNamespace()).Patch(context.TODO(), statefulSet.Name, types.StrategicMergePatchType, patch, metav1.PatchOptions{})
+	return err
+}