diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 7cd0515e3..4106bfb40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
           # The images are still on github registry
           docker info
           sudo apt install jq -y 
-          sudo jq --arg dataRoot "/home/runner/work/milabench/milabench" '. + { "data-root": $dataRoot }' "/etc/docker/daemon.json" > /etc/docker/daemon.json
+          sudo jq --arg dataRoot "/home/runner/work/milabench/milabench" '. + { "data-root": $dataRoot }' "/etc/docker/daemon.json" | sudo tee "/etc/docker/daemon.json"
           cat /etc/docker/daemon.json
           sudo systemctl stop docker.service
           sudo systemctl stop docker.socket