diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 34f1f877..7b863b02 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "format": "prettier --write '**/*.ts'",
     "format-check": "prettier --check '**/*.ts'",
     "lint": "eslint packages/**/*.ts",
+    "lint:fix": "eslint packages/**/*.ts --fix",
     "build-all": "npm run build --prefix packages/hooklib && npm run build --prefix packages/k8s && npm run build --prefix packages/docker"
   },
   "repository": {
diff --git a/packages/k8s/src/k8s/index.ts b/packages/k8s/src/k8s/index.ts
index c0fd250f..311a44ab 100644
--- a/packages/k8s/src/k8s/index.ts
+++ b/packages/k8s/src/k8s/index.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ import {
   listDirAllCommand,
   sleep,
   EXTERNALS_VOLUME_NAME,
-  GITHUB_VOLUME_NAME
+  GITHUB_VOLUME_NAME,
+  WORK_VOLUME
 } from './utils'
+import * as shlex from 'shlex'
 
 const kc = new k8s.KubeConfig()
 
@@ -91,13 +93,23 @@ export async function createJobPod(
 
   appPod.spec = new k8s.V1PodSpec()
   appPod.spec.containers = containers
+  appPod.spec.securityContext = {
+    fsGroup: 1001
+  }
   appPod.spec.initContainers = [
     {
       name: 'fs-init',
       image:
         process.env.ACTIONS_RUNNER_IMAGE ||
         'ghcr.io/actions/actions-runner:latest',
-      command: ['sh', '-c', 'mv /home/runner/externals/* /mnt/externals'],
+      command: [
+        'sh',
+        '-c',
+        `mkdir -p /mnt/externals && \\
+         mkdir -p /mnt/work && \\
+         mkdir -p /mnt/github && \\
+         mv /home/runner/externals/* /mnt/externals/`
+      ],
       securityContext: {
         runAsGroup: 1001,
         runAsUser: 1001
@@ -106,6 +118,14 @@ export async function createJobPod(
         {
           name: EXTERNALS_VOLUME_NAME,
           mountPath: '/mnt/externals'
+        },
+        {
+          name: WORK_VOLUME,
+          mountPath: '/mnt/work'
+        },
+        {
+          name: GITHUB_VOLUME_NAME,
+          mountPath: '/mnt/github'
         }
       ]
     }
@@ -121,6 +141,10 @@ export async function createJobPod(
     {
       name: GITHUB_VOLUME_NAME,
       emptyDir: {}
+    },
+    {
+      name: WORK_VOLUME,
+      emptyDir: {}
     }
   ]
 
@@ -180,6 +204,10 @@ export async function createContainerStepPod(
     {
       name: GITHUB_VOLUME_NAME,
       emptyDir: {}
+    },
+    {
+      name: WORK_VOLUME,
+      emptyDir: {}
     }
   ]
 
@@ -351,7 +379,15 @@ export async function execCpToPod(
   while (true) {
     try {
       const exec = new k8s.Exec(kc)
-      const command = ['tar', 'xf', '-', '-C', containerPath]
+      // Use tar to extract with --no-same-owner to avoid ownership issues.
+      // Then use find to fix permissions. The -m flag helps but we also need to fix permissions after.
+      const command = [
+        'sh',
+        '-c',
+        `tar xf - --no-same-owner -C ${shlex.quote(containerPath)} 2>/dev/null; ` +
+          `find ${shlex.quote(containerPath)} -type f -exec chmod u+rw {} \\; 2>/dev/null; ` +
+          `find ${shlex.quote(containerPath)} -type d -exec chmod u+rwx {} \\; 2>/dev/null`
+      ]
       const readStream = tar.pack(runnerPath)
       const errStream = new WritableStreamBuffer()
       await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
@@ -369,7 +405,7 @@ export async function execCpToPod(
               if (errStream.size()) {
                 reject(
                   new Error(
-                    `Error from cpFromPod - details: \n ${errStream.getContentsAsString()}`
+                    `Error from execCpToPod - status: ${status.status}, details: \n ${errStream.getContentsAsString()}`
                   )
                 )
               }
diff --git a/packages/k8s/src/k8s/utils.ts b/packages/k8s/src/k8s/utils.ts
index a391d64e..25428ffa 100644
--- a/packages/k8s/src/k8s/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/k8s/src/k8s/utils.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,17 @@ export const ENV_USE_KUBE_SCHEDULER = 'ACTIONS_RUNNER_USE_KUBE_SCHEDULER'
 
 export const EXTERNALS_VOLUME_NAME = 'externals'
 export const GITHUB_VOLUME_NAME = 'github'
+export const WORK_VOLUME = 'work'
 
 export const CONTAINER_VOLUMES: k8s.V1VolumeMount[] = [
   {
     name: EXTERNALS_VOLUME_NAME,
     mountPath: '/__e'
   },
+  {
+    name: WORK_VOLUME,
+    mountPath: '/__w'
+  },
   {
     name: GITHUB_VOLUME_NAME,
     mountPath: '/github'
diff --git a/packages/k8s/tests/e2e-test.ts b/packages/k8s/tests/e2e-test.ts
index 193b7231..80976955 100644
--- a/packages/k8s/tests/e2e-test.ts
+++ b/packages/k8s/tests/e2e-test.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ describe('e2e', () => {
   afterEach(async () => {
     await testHelper.cleanup()
   })
+
   it('should prepare job, run script step, run container step then cleanup without errors', async () => {
     await expect(
       prepareJob(prepareJobData.args, prepareJobOutputFilePath)
diff --git a/packages/k8s/tests/prepare-job-test.ts b/packages/k8s/tests/prepare-job-test.ts
index 714e211f..741b591d 100644
--- a/packages/k8s/tests/prepare-job-test.ts
+++ b/packages/k8s/tests/prepare-job-test.ts
@@ -231,4 +231,20 @@ describe('Prepare job', () => {
       expect(() => content.context.services[0].image).not.toThrow()
     }
   )
+
+  it('should prepare job with container with non-root user', async () => {
+    prepareJobData.args!.container!.image =
+      'ghcr.io/actions/actions-runner:latest' // known to use user 1001
+    await expect(
+      prepareJob(prepareJobData.args, prepareJobOutputFilePath)
+    ).resolves.not.toThrow()
+
+    const content = JSON.parse(
+      fs.readFileSync(prepareJobOutputFilePath).toString()
+    )
+    expect(content.state.jobPod).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(content.context.container.image).toBe(
+      'ghcr.io/actions/actions-runner:latest'
+    )
+  })
 })