diff --git a/fdroidserver/push.py b/fdroidserver/push.py
index 1a877160..f849f440 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/push.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/push.py
@@ -191,6 +191,15 @@ def full_push_sequence(appid, vercode, virt_container_type):
             vercode,
             virt_container_type,
         )
+
+        # fix owner after pushing files
+        common.inside_exec(
+            appid,
+            vercode,
+            ['chown', '-R', 'vagrant:vagrant', '/home/vagrant'],
+            virt_container_type,
+            as_root=True,
+        )
     finally:
         os.chdir(cwd)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_push.py b/tests/test_push.py
index 6c0bcb7f..b89c9b77 100755
--- a/tests/test_push.py
+++ b/tests/test_push.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class Push_main(PushTest):
     @mock.patch('sys.argv', ['fdroid push', APPID_VERCODE])
     @mock.patch('fdroidserver.push.create_build_dirs')
     @mock.patch('fdroidserver.push.podman_push')
+    @mock.patch('fdroidserver.common.inside_exec', mock.Mock())
     def test_podman(self, podman_push, create_build_dirs):
         common.config['virt_container_type'] = 'podman'
         push.main()
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ class Push_main(PushTest):
     @mock.patch('sys.argv', ['fdroid push', APPID_VERCODE])
     @mock.patch('fdroidserver.push.create_build_dirs')
     @mock.patch('fdroidserver.push.vagrant_push')
+    @mock.patch('fdroidserver.common.inside_exec', mock.Mock())
     def test_vagrant(self, vagrant_push, create_build_dirs):
         common.config['virt_container_type'] = 'vagrant'
         push.main()