diff --git a/composer_local_dev/docker_files/entrypoint.sh b/composer_local_dev/docker_files/entrypoint.sh
index 66172407..81f06b81 100755
--- a/composer_local_dev/docker_files/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/composer_local_dev/docker_files/entrypoint.sh
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ install_airflow_deps() {
     # We need to add apache-airflow==[airflow-version]+composer to make sure that pip is taking
     # into account Composer-Airflow dependencies when resolving and installing the new packages
     version=$(${run_as_user} airflow version | grep -oE '[0-9]\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\+composer')
-    cp composer_requirements.txt requirements_with_airflow_version.txt
-    echo "" >> requirements_with_airflow_version.txt
-    echo "apache-airflow==${version}" >> requirements_with_airflow_version.txt
+    ${run_as_user} cp composer_requirements.txt requirements_with_airflow_version.txt
+    ${run_as_user} bash -c "echo \"\" >> requirements_with_airflow_version.txt"
+    ${run_as_user} bash -c "echo \"apache-airflow==${version}\" >> requirements_with_airflow_version.txt"
     sudo -E pip3 install -r requirements_with_airflow_version.txt
     sudo pip3 check
   fi
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_entrypoint.py b/tests/unit/test_entrypoint.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c9bc715
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_entrypoint.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+
+import os
+import pathlib
+import shlex
+import subprocess
+import textwrap
+
+
+ENTRYPOINT = (
+    pathlib.Path(__file__).parents[2]
+    / "composer_local_dev"
+    / "docker_files"
+    / "entrypoint.sh"
+)
+
+
+def _write_executable(path: pathlib.Path, contents: str) -> None:
+    path.write_text(textwrap.dedent(contents), encoding="utf-8")
+    path.chmod(0o755)
+
+
+def test_install_airflow_deps_writes_requirements_as_run_user(tmp_path):
+    command_log = tmp_path / "commands.log"
+    run_as_user = tmp_path / "run_as_user.sh"
+    bin_dir = tmp_path / "bin"
+    bin_dir.mkdir()
+
+    _write_executable(
+        run_as_user,
+        f"""\
+        #!/bin/sh
+        printf 'run_as_user:%s\\n' "$*" >> {shlex.quote(str(command_log))}
+        if [ "$1" = "airflow" ] && [ "$2" = "version" ]; then
+          echo "2.10.5+composer"
+          exit 0
+        fi
+        exec "$@"
+        """,
+    )
+    _write_executable(
+        bin_dir / "sudo",
+        f"""\
+        #!/bin/sh
+        printf 'sudo:%s\\n' "$*" >> {shlex.quote(str(command_log))}
+        exit 0
+        """,
+    )
+
+    (tmp_path / "composer_requirements.txt").write_text(
+        "requests==2.32.0\n", encoding="utf-8"
+    )
+    entrypoint = ENTRYPOINT.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    function_defs = entrypoint.rsplit('\nmain "$@"', maxsplit=1)[0]
+    script = "\n".join(
+        [
+            function_defs,
+            f"run_as_user={shlex.quote(str(run_as_user))}",
+            "install_airflow_deps",
+        ]
+    )
+
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    env["PATH"] = f"{bin_dir}{os.pathsep}{env['PATH']}"
+    subprocess.run(["bash", "-c", script], cwd=tmp_path, env=env, check=True)
+
+    assert (tmp_path / "requirements_with_airflow_version.txt").read_text(
+        encoding="utf-8"
+    ) == "requests==2.32.0\n\napache-airflow==2.10.5+composer\n"
+    commands = command_log.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines()
+    assert (
+        "run_as_user:cp composer_requirements.txt "
+        "requirements_with_airflow_version.txt"
+    ) in commands
+    assert any(
+        line.startswith("run_as_user:bash -c")
+        and "requirements_with_airflow_version.txt" in line
+        for line in commands
+    )
+    assert any("apache-airflow==2.10.5+composer" in line for line in commands)