diff --git a/tests/etc/group.in b/tests/etc/group.in
index b6e85eff..8e13294b 100644
--- a/tests/etc/group.in
+++ b/tests/etc/group.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-users:x:1000:
+users:x:9000:
 sshd:x:65531:
 nobody:x:65533:
 nogroup:x:65534:nobody
diff --git a/tests/etc/passwd.in b/tests/etc/passwd.in
index 5844c1d1..8bcfd3e0 100644
--- a/tests/etc/passwd.in
+++ b/tests/etc/passwd.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-bob:x:1000:1000:bob gecos:@HOMEDIR@/bob:/bin/false
-alice:x:1001:1000:alice gecos:@HOMEDIR@/alice:/bin/bash
+bob:x:5000:9000:bob gecos:@HOMEDIR@/bob:/bin/false
+alice:x:5001:9000:alice gecos:@HOMEDIR@/alice:/bin/bash
 sshd:x:65530:65531:sshd:@HOMEDIR@:/sbin/nologin
 nobody:x:65533:65534:nobody gecos:@HOMEDIR@:/bin/false
 root:x:65534:65532:root gecos:@HOMEDIR@:/bin/false