diff --git a/.github/workflows/template.flink-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/template.flink-ci.yml
index ad8ebf067a8e9..17b191089a6ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/template.flink-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/template.flink-ci.yml
@@ -247,6 +247,24 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ${{ env.CONTAINER_LOCAL_WORKING_DIR }}
         run: ./tools/azure-pipelines/cache_docker_images.sh load
 
+      - name: "Create non-root user for test execution"
+        run: |
+          useradd -m -u 1001 flink
+          echo "flink ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
+          for sock in /var/run/docker.sock /run/docker.sock; do
+            if [ -e "$sock" ]; then
+              chmod 666 "$sock"
+              echo "Docker socket found at $sock"
+            fi
+          done
+          mkdir -p \
+            ${{ env.CONTAINER_LOCAL_WORKING_DIR }} \
+            ${{ env.CONTAINER_LOCAL_WORKING_DIR }} \
+            ${{ env.DOCKER_IMAGES_CACHE_FOLDER }}
+          chown -R flink:flink ${{ env.CONTAINER_LOCAL_WORKING_DIR }}
+          chown -R flink:flink ${{ env.MAVEN_REPO_FOLDER }}
+          chown -R flink:flink ${{ env.DOCKER_IMAGES_CACHE_FOLDER }}
+
       - name: "Test - ${{ matrix.module }}"
         id: test-run
         working-directory: ${{ env.CONTAINER_LOCAL_WORKING_DIR }}
@@ -254,10 +272,11 @@ jobs:
           IT_CASE_S3_BUCKET: ${{ secrets.s3_bucket }}
           IT_CASE_S3_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.s3_access_key }}
           IT_CASE_S3_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.s3_secret_key }}
+          DOCKER_HOST: unix:///var/run/docker.sock
         timeout-minutes: ${{ fromJSON(env.GHA_JOB_TIMEOUT) }}
         run: |
-          ${{ inputs.environment }} PROFILE="$PROFILE -Pgithub-actions" ./tools/azure-pipelines/uploading_watchdog.sh \
-              ./tools/ci/test_controller.sh ${{ matrix.module }}
+          runuser -u flink -- bash -c '${{ inputs.environment }} PROFILE="$PROFILE -Pgithub-actions" ./tools/azure-pipelines/uploading_watchdog.sh \
+              ./tools/ci/test_controller.sh ${{ matrix.module }}'
 
       - name: "Post-build Disk Info"
         if: ${{ always() }}
diff --git a/flink-core/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/core/fs/local/LocalFileSystemTest.java b/flink-core/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/core/fs/local/LocalFileSystemTest.java
index dadd7ada77dd4..ffe5bf71c894d 100644
--- a/flink-core/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/core/fs/local/LocalFileSystemTest.java
+++ b/flink-core/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/core/fs/local/LocalFileSystemTest.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 
@@ -234,7 +233,6 @@ void testRenameNonExistingFile() throws IOException {
     }
 
     @Test
-    @Tag("FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Disabled
     void testRenameFileWithNoAccess() throws IOException {
         final FileSystem fs = FileSystem.getLocalFileSystem();
diff --git a/flink-core/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/util/FileUtilsTest.java b/flink-core/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/util/FileUtilsTest.java
index 25411483d46c9..0628ace8e0ad7 100644
--- a/flink-core/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/util/FileUtilsTest.java
+++ b/flink-core/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/util/FileUtilsTest.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import org.apache.flink.core.testutils.CheckedThread;
 import org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.utils.TempDirUtils;
 
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 
@@ -128,7 +127,6 @@ void testDeleteNonExistentDirectory() throws Exception {
         FileUtils.deleteDirectory(doesNotExist);
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testDeleteProtectedDirectory() throws Exception {
         // deleting a write protected file should throw an error
diff --git a/flink-runtime-web/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/webmonitor/handlers/JarDeleteHandlerTest.java b/flink-runtime-web/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/webmonitor/handlers/JarDeleteHandlerTest.java
index 9d909f2e46665..593559da3d294 100644
--- a/flink-runtime-web/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/webmonitor/handlers/JarDeleteHandlerTest.java
+++ b/flink-runtime-web/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/webmonitor/handlers/JarDeleteHandlerTest.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assumptions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 
@@ -104,7 +103,6 @@ void testDeleteUnknownJar() throws Exception {
                         });
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testFailedDelete() throws Exception {
         makeJarDirReadOnly();
diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobCacheDeleteTest.java b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobCacheDeleteTest.java
index c8230bd0015ff..10c1ae7551346 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobCacheDeleteTest.java
+++ b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobCacheDeleteTest.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import org.apache.flink.util.OperatingSystem;
 import org.apache.flink.util.concurrent.FutureUtils;
 
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 
@@ -194,13 +193,11 @@ private void testDeleteTransientAlreadyDeleted(@Nullable final JobID jobId) thro
         }
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testDeleteTransientLocalFailsNoJob() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         testDeleteTransientLocalFails(null);
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testDeleteTransientLocalFailsForJob() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         testDeleteTransientLocalFails(new JobID());
diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobCacheGetTest.java b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobCacheGetTest.java
index dc176b04d8df6..c336a8264f835 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobCacheGetTest.java
+++ b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobCacheGetTest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import org.apache.flink.util.concurrent.FutureUtils;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.exception.ExceptionUtils;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 
@@ -170,19 +169,16 @@ private void testGetFailsDuringLookup(
         }
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testGetFailsIncomingNoJob() throws IOException {
         testGetFailsIncoming(null, TRANSIENT_BLOB);
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testGetFailsIncomingForJob() throws IOException {
         testGetFailsIncoming(new JobID(), TRANSIENT_BLOB);
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testGetFailsIncomingForJobHa() throws IOException {
         testGetFailsIncoming(new JobID(), PERMANENT_BLOB);
@@ -268,19 +264,16 @@ private void testGetFailsIncoming(@Nullable final JobID jobId, BlobKey.BlobType
         }
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testGetTransientFailsStoreNoJob() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         testGetFailsStore(null, TRANSIENT_BLOB);
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testGetTransientFailsStoreForJob() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         testGetFailsStore(new JobID(), TRANSIENT_BLOB);
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testGetPermanentFailsStoreForJob() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         testGetFailsStore(new JobID(), PERMANENT_BLOB);
@@ -402,13 +395,11 @@ void testGetFailsHaStoreForJobHa() throws IOException {
         }
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testGetTransientRemoteDeleteFailsNoJob() throws IOException {
         testGetTransientRemoteDeleteFails(null);
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testGetTransientRemoteDeleteFailsForJob() throws IOException {
         testGetTransientRemoteDeleteFails(new JobID());
diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobCachePutTest.java b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobCachePutTest.java
index 1c81a4e22d7f8..ce76e50901b32 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobCachePutTest.java
+++ b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobCachePutTest.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import org.apache.flink.util.concurrent.FutureUtils;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 
@@ -521,19 +520,16 @@ private void testPutChunkedStreamTransientSuccessfulGet(
 
     // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testPutBufferFailsNoJob() throws IOException {
         testPutBufferFails(null, TRANSIENT_BLOB);
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testPutBufferFailsForJob() throws IOException {
         testPutBufferFails(new JobID(), TRANSIENT_BLOB);
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testPutBufferFailsForJobHa() throws IOException {
         testPutBufferFails(new JobID(), PERMANENT_BLOB);
@@ -574,19 +570,16 @@ private void testPutBufferFails(@Nullable final JobID jobId, BlobKey.BlobType bl
         }
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testPutBufferFailsIncomingNoJob() throws IOException {
         testPutBufferFailsIncoming(null, TRANSIENT_BLOB);
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testPutBufferFailsIncomingForJob() throws IOException {
         testPutBufferFailsIncoming(new JobID(), TRANSIENT_BLOB);
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testPutBufferFailsIncomingForJobHa() throws IOException {
         testPutBufferFailsIncoming(new JobID(), PERMANENT_BLOB);
@@ -638,19 +631,16 @@ private void testPutBufferFailsIncoming(@Nullable final JobID jobId, BlobKey.Blo
         }
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testPutBufferFailsStoreNoJob() throws IOException {
         testPutBufferFailsStore(null, TRANSIENT_BLOB);
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testPutBufferFailsStoreForJob() throws IOException {
         testPutBufferFailsStore(new JobID(), TRANSIENT_BLOB);
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testPutBufferFailsStoreForJobHa() throws IOException {
         testPutBufferFailsStore(new JobID(), PERMANENT_BLOB);
diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobServerDeleteTest.java b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobServerDeleteTest.java
index 83b9f5fa49cb4..5d604183fa7fb 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobServerDeleteTest.java
+++ b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobServerDeleteTest.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import org.apache.flink.util.Preconditions;
 import org.apache.flink.util.concurrent.FutureUtils;
 
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 
@@ -189,19 +188,16 @@ private void testDeleteBlobAlreadyDeleted(
         }
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testDeleteTransientFailsNoJob() throws IOException {
         testDeleteBlobFails(null, TRANSIENT_BLOB);
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testDeleteTransientFailsForJob() throws IOException {
         testDeleteBlobFails(new JobID(), TRANSIENT_BLOB);
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testDeletePermanentFailsForJob() throws IOException {
         testDeleteBlobFails(new JobID(), PERMANENT_BLOB);
diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobServerGetTest.java b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobServerGetTest.java
index 7efae9ccfe018..8f50909bc0055 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobServerGetTest.java
+++ b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobServerGetTest.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 import org.apache.flink.util.concurrent.FutureUtils;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 
@@ -146,7 +145,6 @@ private void testGetFailsDuringLookup(
      * Retrieves a BLOB from the HA store to a {@link BlobServer} which cannot create incoming
      * files. File transfers should fail.
      */
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testGetFailsIncomingForJobHa() throws IOException {
         assumeThat(OperatingSystem.isWindows()).as("setWritable doesn't work on Windows").isFalse();
@@ -219,7 +217,6 @@ void testGetFailsIncomingForJobHa() throws IOException {
      * Retrieves a BLOB from the HA store to a {@link BlobServer} which cannot create the final
      * storage file. File transfers should fail.
      */
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testGetFailsStoreForJobHa() throws IOException {
         assumeThat(OperatingSystem.isWindows()).as("setWritable doesn't work on Windows").isFalse();
diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobServerPutTest.java b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobServerPutTest.java
index 4ba0fb1de536e..1f1f26cedc0cb 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobServerPutTest.java
+++ b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobServerPutTest.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import org.apache.flink.util.concurrent.FutureUtils;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 
@@ -403,19 +402,16 @@ private void testPutChunkedStreamSuccessfulGet(
 
     // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testPutBufferFailsNoJob() throws IOException {
         testPutBufferFails(null, TRANSIENT_BLOB);
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testPutBufferFailsForJob() throws IOException {
         testPutBufferFails(new JobID(), TRANSIENT_BLOB);
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testPutBufferFailsForJobHa() throws IOException {
         testPutBufferFails(new JobID(), PERMANENT_BLOB);
@@ -453,19 +449,16 @@ private void testPutBufferFails(@Nullable final JobID jobId, BlobKey.BlobType bl
         }
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testPutBufferFailsIncomingNoJob() throws IOException {
         testPutBufferFailsIncoming(null, TRANSIENT_BLOB);
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testPutBufferFailsIncomingForJob() throws IOException {
         testPutBufferFailsIncoming(new JobID(), TRANSIENT_BLOB);
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testPutBufferFailsIncomingForJobHa() throws IOException {
         testPutBufferFailsIncoming(new JobID(), PERMANENT_BLOB);
@@ -514,19 +507,16 @@ private void testPutBufferFailsIncoming(@Nullable final JobID jobId, BlobKey.Blo
         }
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testPutBufferFailsStoreNoJob() throws IOException {
         testPutBufferFailsStore(null, TRANSIENT_BLOB);
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testPutBufferFailsStoreForJob() throws IOException {
         testPutBufferFailsStore(new JobID(), TRANSIENT_BLOB);
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testPutBufferFailsStoreForJobHa() throws IOException {
         testPutBufferFailsStore(new JobID(), PERMANENT_BLOB);
diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobUtilsNonWritableTest.java b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobUtilsNonWritableTest.java
index ae673c2b20290..5101001216548 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobUtilsNonWritableTest.java
+++ b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/blob/BlobUtilsNonWritableTest.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import org.apache.flink.util.OperatingSystem;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assumptions.assumeThat;
 
 /** Tests for {@link BlobUtils} working on non-writable directories. */
-@Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
 class BlobUtilsNonWritableTest {
 
     private static final String CANNOT_CREATE_THIS = "cannot-create-this";
diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/execution/librarycache/BlobLibraryCacheManagerTest.java b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/execution/librarycache/BlobLibraryCacheManagerTest.java
index 9fe89f97cf5de..f269b77543b5e 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/execution/librarycache/BlobLibraryCacheManagerTest.java
+++ b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/execution/librarycache/BlobLibraryCacheManagerTest.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.blob.PermanentBlobKey;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.blob.PermanentBlobService;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.blob.VoidBlobStore;
-import org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser;
 import org.apache.flink.util.FlinkUserCodeClassLoaders;
 import org.apache.flink.util.OperatingSystem;
 import org.apache.flink.util.TestLogger;
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@
 
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
 import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
@@ -325,7 +323,6 @@ public void testLibraryCacheManagerCleanup() throws Exception {
     }
 
     @Test
-    @Category(FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser.class)
     public void testRegisterAndDownload() throws IOException {
         assumeTrue(!OperatingSystem.isWindows()); // setWritable doesn't work on Windows.
 
diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/rest/RestServerEndpointTest.java b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/rest/RestServerEndpointTest.java
index 9289f3db0e391..05d86686a87f7 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/rest/RestServerEndpointTest.java
+++ b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/rest/RestServerEndpointTest.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 package org.apache.flink.runtime.rest;
 
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 import org.slf4j.helpers.NOPLogger;
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ void testCreateUploadDir(@TempDir File file) throws Exception {
         assertThat(Files.exists(testUploadDir)).isTrue();
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testCreateUploadDirFails(@TempDir File file) throws Exception {
         assertThat(file.setWritable(false));
diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/state/filesystem/FsCheckpointStateOutputStreamTest.java b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/state/filesystem/FsCheckpointStateOutputStreamTest.java
index 20c776b61ed44..6f3a30f9c3c95 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/state/filesystem/FsCheckpointStateOutputStreamTest.java
+++ b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/state/filesystem/FsCheckpointStateOutputStreamTest.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 import org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.extensions.parameterized.Parameters;
 import org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.utils.TempDirUtils;
 
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestTemplate;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
@@ -376,7 +375,6 @@ void testMixedBelowAndAboveThreshold() throws Exception {
      * This test checks that the stream does not check and clean the parent directory when
      * encountering a write error.
      */
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @TestTemplate
     void testStreamDoesNotTryToCleanUpParentOnError() throws Exception {
         final File directory = TempDirUtils.newFolder(tempDir);
diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/taskexecutor/TaskManagerRunnerStartupTest.java b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/taskexecutor/TaskManagerRunnerStartupTest.java
index 61f344d9282c3..126767ded612d 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/taskexecutor/TaskManagerRunnerStartupTest.java
+++ b/flink-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/taskexecutor/TaskManagerRunnerStartupTest.java
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assumptions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@ void tearDownTest() throws Exception {
      * Tests that the TaskManagerRunner startup fails synchronously when the I/O directories are not
      * writable.
      */
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testIODirectoryNotWritable() throws Exception {
         File nonWritable = TempDirUtils.newFolder(tempFolder);
diff --git a/flink-state-backends/flink-statebackend-forst/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/state/forst/ForStStateBackendConfigTest.java b/flink-state-backends/flink-statebackend-forst/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/state/forst/ForStStateBackendConfigTest.java
index 50f3ac0954bd0..624bbf0b577db 100644
--- a/flink-state-backends/flink-statebackend-forst/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/state/forst/ForStStateBackendConfigTest.java
+++ b/flink-state-backends/flink-statebackend-forst/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/state/forst/ForStStateBackendConfigTest.java
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.state.filesystem.FsCheckpointStorageAccess;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.state.ttl.TtlTimeProvider;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.util.TestingTaskManagerRuntimeInfo;
-import org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser;
 import org.apache.flink.util.FileUtils;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomUtils;
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@
 import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Timeout;
 import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
 
@@ -375,7 +373,6 @@ public void testUseTempDirectories() throws Exception {
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     @Test
-    @Category(FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser.class)
     public void testFailWhenNoLocalStorageDir() throws Exception {
         final File targetDir = tempFolder.newFolder();
         Assume.assumeTrue(
diff --git a/flink-state-backends/flink-statebackend-rocksdb/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/state/rocksdb/RocksDBStateBackendConfigTest.java b/flink-state-backends/flink-statebackend-rocksdb/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/state/rocksdb/RocksDBStateBackendConfigTest.java
index b1f78a0c0b85b..1a0a45f804e61 100644
--- a/flink-state-backends/flink-statebackend-rocksdb/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/state/rocksdb/RocksDBStateBackendConfigTest.java
+++ b/flink-state-backends/flink-statebackend-rocksdb/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/state/rocksdb/RocksDBStateBackendConfigTest.java
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.state.heap.HeapPriorityQueueSetFactory;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.state.ttl.TtlTimeProvider;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.util.TestingTaskManagerRuntimeInfo;
-import org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser;
 import org.apache.flink.util.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.flink.util.IOUtils;
 
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@
 import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Timeout;
 import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
 import org.rocksdb.BlockBasedTableConfig;
@@ -474,7 +472,6 @@ public void testUseTempDirectories() throws Exception {
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     @Test
-    @Category(FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser.class)
     public void testFailWhenNoLocalStorageDir() throws Exception {
         final File targetDir = tempFolder.newFolder();
         Assume.assumeTrue(
diff --git a/flink-table/flink-table-api-java/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/catalog/FileCatalogStoreTest.java b/flink-table/flink-table-api-java/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/catalog/FileCatalogStoreTest.java
index 2824605fd6222..011ce881bb84f 100644
--- a/flink-table/flink-table-api-java/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/catalog/FileCatalogStoreTest.java
+++ b/flink-table/flink-table-api-java/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/catalog/FileCatalogStoreTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import org.apache.flink.util.OperatingSystem;
 
 import org.assertj.core.api.ThrowableAssert;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ void testNotOpened() {
         assertCatalogStoreNotOpened(() -> catalogStore.removeCatalog(DUMMY, true));
     }
 
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     @Test
     void testCannotMakeStorePath() {
         assumeThat(OperatingSystem.isWindows())
diff --git a/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils-junit/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/testutils/junit/FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser.java b/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils-junit/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/testutils/junit/FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 47ebd03fe7fe6..0000000000000
--- a/flink-test-utils-parent/flink-test-utils-junit/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/testutils/junit/FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
- * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.apache.flink.testutils.junit;
-
-/**
- * Collects tests that fail in GitHub Actions workflows that execute the tests in containers as a
- * root user.
- *
- * <p>See FLINK-27082/FLINK-33903
- */
-public interface FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser {}
diff --git a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/jobmaster/JobMasterTriggerSavepointITCase.java b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/jobmaster/JobMasterTriggerSavepointITCase.java
index e6f73c08e8676..cfe89ef45031b 100644
--- a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/jobmaster/JobMasterTriggerSavepointITCase.java
+++ b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/jobmaster/JobMasterTriggerSavepointITCase.java
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assumptions;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
@@ -222,7 +221,6 @@ public void testStopJobAfterSavepointWithDeactivatedPeriodicCheckpointing(
     }
 
     @Test
-    @Tag("org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser")
     public void testDoNotCancelJobIfSavepointFails(
             @InjectClusterClient ClusterClient<?> clusterClient) throws Exception {
         setUpWithCheckpointInterval(10L, clusterClient);
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 72e48f96d7097..89b71c243aad5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1031,9 +1031,6 @@ under the License.
 
 		<profile>
 			<id>github-actions</id>
-			<properties>
-				<surefire.excludedGroups.github-actions>org.apache.flink.testutils.junit.FailsInGHAContainerWithRootUser</surefire.excludedGroups.github-actions>
-			</properties>
 			<build>
 				<pluginManagement>
 					<plugins>