diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f8ffe0602..49ae3443f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ endif
 	stack build $(STACK_CORES) --fast --profile --library-profiling --executable-profiling --flag uniworx:-library-only $(--DEVELOPMENT) --local-bin-path $$(pwd)/bin --copy-bins
 # HELP(dependencies-backend): (re-)build backend dependencies
 --dependencies-backend: #uniworx.cabal
+	chown -R `id -un`:`id -gn` "$(PROJECT_DIR)"; \
 	stack build -j2 --only-dependencies
 # HELP(lint-backend): lint backend
 --lint-backend: