diff --git a/modules/runners/templates/user-data.sh b/modules/runners/templates/user-data.sh
index 0fdf4faa7b..31b02110f0 100644
--- a/modules/runners/templates/user-data.sh
+++ b/modules/runners/templates/user-data.sh
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -s -c ssm:${ssm_key_cloudwatc
 %{ endif ~}
 
 # Install docker
-amazon-linux-extras install docker
+yum install docker -y
 service docker start
 usermod -a -G docker ec2-user
 
-yum install -y curl jq git
+chmod 666 /var/run/docker.sock
+
+yum install -y curl jq git --allowerasing
 
 USER_NAME=ec2-user
 ${install_config_runner}