diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b311356d2..32bcadaa8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- Changed default user & group IDs from 1000 to a much higher values ([#916])
+
+[#916]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/916
+
 ## [24.11.0] - 2024-11-18
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index 23c5e54ce..4cb833577 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 
 args = {
     "STACKABLE_USER_NAME": "stackable",
-    "STACKABLE_USER_UID": "1000",
-    "STACKABLE_USER_GID": "1000",
-    "DELETE_CACHES": "true"
+    "STACKABLE_USER_UID": "782252253",
+    "STACKABLE_USER_GID": "574654813",
+    "DELETE_CACHES": "true",
 }