diff --git a/changelog.d/20241010_122752_dawoud.sheraz_ubuntu_upgrade.md b/changelog.d/20241010_122752_dawoud.sheraz_ubuntu_upgrade.md
index 9d35248c52..7578c9372b 100644
--- a/changelog.d/20241010_122752_dawoud.sheraz_ubuntu_upgrade.md
+++ b/changelog.d/20241010_122752_dawoud.sheraz_ubuntu_upgrade.md
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 - 💥[Feature] Update Open edX Image to use Ubuntu 24.04 as base OS. (by @dawoudsheraz)
-  - Change APP_USER_ID to 1001 as UID 1000 is now shipped by default
   - Adds xmlsec related dependencies to fix xmlsec import issues during translations build
diff --git a/tutor/templates/build/openedx/Dockerfile b/tutor/templates/build/openedx/Dockerfile
index bf0e43c2a0..e033364324 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/build/openedx/Dockerfile
+++ b/tutor/templates/build/openedx/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ FROM docker.io/ubuntu:24.04 AS minimal
 LABEL maintainer="Overhang.io <contact@overhang.io>"
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# Delete default UID=1000 `ubuntu` user to ensure we can use id 1000 for app user
+RUN userdel -r ubuntu
+
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked \
     apt update && \
@@ -144,7 +148,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
 
 # From then on, run as unprivileged "app" user
 # Note that this must always be different from root (APP_USER_ID=0)
-ARG APP_USER_ID=1001
+ARG APP_USER_ID=1000
 RUN if [ "$APP_USER_ID" = 0 ]; then echo "app user may not be root" && false; fi
 RUN useradd --no-log-init --home-dir /openedx --create-home --shell /bin/bash --uid ${APP_USER_ID} app
 USER ${APP_USER_ID}