diff --git a/tools/ci-build/runtime-versioner/Cargo.lock b/tools/ci-build/runtime-versioner/Cargo.lock
index 85f026845130290f2be4804665574f493c08183f..c05300ed67b8fbce5e31d1bb4ceaa9355fe10256 100644
--- a/tools/ci-build/runtime-versioner/Cargo.lock
+++ b/tools/ci-build/runtime-versioner/Cargo.lock
@@ -797,6 +797,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_syscall"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4722d768eff46b75989dd134e5c353f0d6296e5aaa3132e776cbdb56be7731aa"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
 version = "1.10.4"
@@ -1156,6 +1165,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "camino",
  "tempfile",
  "test_bin",
+ "whoami",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1436,6 +1446,12 @@ version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasite"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8dad83b4f25e74f184f64c43b150b91efe7647395b42289f38e50566d82855b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
 version = "0.2.92"
@@ -1512,6 +1528,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "whoami"
+version = "1.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a44ab49fad634e88f55bf8f9bb3abd2f27d7204172a112c7c9987e01c1c94ea9"
+dependencies = [
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "wasite",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
diff --git a/tools/ci-build/runtime-versioner/test-common/Cargo.toml b/tools/ci-build/runtime-versioner/test-common/Cargo.toml
index e23fab820ed5657f8d024a1a13b7649653863822..a8bf500df7cd990895044016302ec8a7f006895b 100644
--- a/tools/ci-build/runtime-versioner/test-common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tools/ci-build/runtime-versioner/test-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ publish = false
 camino = "1.1.6"
 tempfile = "3.8.1"
 test_bin = "0.4.0"
+whoami = "1.5.1"
diff --git a/tools/ci-build/runtime-versioner/test-common/src/lib.rs b/tools/ci-build/runtime-versioner/test-common/src/lib.rs
index 7f151cb88dbbd747e146708ffcc257fa056cb2ee..7c45bc43446b086f14525447179be16e0d3febc0 100644
--- a/tools/ci-build/runtime-versioner/test-common/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tools/ci-build/runtime-versioner/test-common/src/lib.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,18 @@ impl TestBase {
                 .success(),
             "untarring the test_base into the temp directory failed"
         );
+        // ensure unpacked file has the current user assigned to the owner,
+        // otherwise we could get the `fatal: detected dubious ownership in repository` error
+        let test_repo = Utf8PathBuf::try_from(tmp.path().join("test_base.git")).unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            Command::new("chown")
+                .args(&[&format!("{}", whoami::username()), test_repo.as_str(),])
+                .current_dir(tmp.path())
+                .status()
+                .unwrap()
+                .success(),
+            "setting the owner of `test_base.git` to the current user failed"
+        );
         assert!(
             Command::new("git")
                 .args(["clone", "test_base.git"])