diff --git a/infra/ansible/sim-cluster.yml b/infra/ansible/sim-cluster.yml
index 8f7df5b..7d2b3c3 100644
--- a/infra/ansible/sim-cluster.yml
+++ b/infra/ansible/sim-cluster.yml
@@ -29,12 +29,16 @@
         path: "{{ data_dir }}"
         state: directory
         mode: "0777"
+        owner: "10001"
+        group: "10001"
 
     - name: Create warehouse directory (T3 host path inside the k3d node)
       ansible.builtin.file:
         path: "{{ warehouse_dir }}"
         state: directory
         mode: "0777"
+        owner: "10001"
+        group: "10001"
 
     - name: List existing clusters
       ansible.builtin.command: k3d cluster list -o json