diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/dockerbuild/Dockerfile b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/dockerbuild/Dockerfile
index 1338f482a2..569a4ffdb5 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/dockerbuild/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/dockerbuild/Dockerfile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ARG GID=1000
 # gid of the docker group on the host, required for running docker in docker builds.
 ARG HOST_DOCKER_GID
 
-RUN if [ ${IMG_USER} != "root" ]; then groupadd --gid=${GID} ${IMG_USER};fi
+RUN if [ ${IMG_USER} != "root" ]; then sed -i -e "/:${GID}:/d" /etc/group; groupadd --gid=${GID} ${IMG_USER};fi
 RUN if [ ${IMG_USER} != "root" ]; then adduser ${IMG_USER} --uid=${UID} --gid=${GID};fi
 RUN if [ ${IMG_USER} != "root" ] && [ ! -z ${HOST_DOCKER_GID} ]; then groupadd --gid=${HOST_DOCKER_GID} docker_on_host;fi
 RUN if [ ${IMG_USER} != "root" ] && [ ! -z ${HOST_DOCKER_GID} ]; then usermod -a -G docker_on_host ${IMG_USER};fi