diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-merge-builds.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-merge-builds.sh
index ff5ed3e4f1..9d9ee3c40f 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-merge-builds.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-merge-builds.sh
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ pushd ${tarball_content_dir}
 popd
 
 echo "create ${tar_path}"
-(cd "${tarball_content_dir}"; tar cvfJ "${tar_path}" .)
+(cd "${tarball_content_dir}"; tar cvfJ "${tar_path}" --owner=0 --group=0 .)
 popd