diff --git a/modules/runners/templates/install-runner.sh b/modules/runners/templates/install-runner.sh
index 6ea800908c..fd999481c3 100644
--- a/modules/runners/templates/install-runner.sh
+++ b/modules/runners/templates/install-runner.sh
@@ -70,5 +70,5 @@ if [[ "$os_id" =~ ^ubuntu.* ]]; then
 fi
 
 echo "Set file ownership of action runner"
-chown -R "$user_name":"$user_name" .
+chown -R "$user_name":"$user_name" /opt/actions-runner
 chown -R "$user_name":"$user_name" /opt/hostedtoolcache
diff --git a/modules/runners/templates/start-runner.sh b/modules/runners/templates/start-runner.sh
index d7c467be17..1c1f3d5e9f 100644
--- a/modules/runners/templates/start-runner.sh
+++ b/modules/runners/templates/start-runner.sh
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ if [[ "$run_as" == "root" ]]; then
   export RUNNER_ALLOW_RUNASROOT=1
 fi
 
-chown -R $run_as .
+chown -R $run_as /opt/actions-runner
 
 info_arch=$(uname -p)
 info_os=$( ( lsb_release -ds || cat /etc/*release || uname -om ) 2>/dev/null | head -n1 | cut -d "=" -f2- | tr -d '"')