diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ea4b5f915e..3f0fad70fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 - New `EXECUTION_HALTED` error returned if there is an error executing or simulating a transaction, with the reason for execution being halted. Replaces the generic `INTERNAL_ERROR` return code in certain cases which some applications may be checking for [#6343](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6343)
+- The Besu Docker images with `openjdk-latest` tags since 23.10.3 were incorrectly using UID 1001 instead of 1000 for the container's `besu` user. The user now uses 1000 again. Containers created from or migrated to images using UID 1001 will need to chown their persistent database files to UID 1000 [#6360](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6360)
 
 ### Deprecations
 - Forest pruning (`pruning-enabled` options) is deprecated and will be removed soon. To save disk space consider switching to Bonsai data storage format [#6230](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6230)
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
 
 ### Bug fixes
 - INTERNAL_ERROR from `eth_estimateGas` JSON/RPC calls [#6344](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/issues/6344)
+- Fix Besu Docker images with `openjdk-latest` tags since 23.10.3 using UID 1001 instead of 1000 for the `besu` user [#6360](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6360)
 
 ## 23.10.3
 
diff --git a/docker/openjdk-latest/Dockerfile b/docker/openjdk-latest/Dockerfile
index 8202718781..472223cd10 100644
--- a/docker/openjdk-latest/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/openjdk-latest/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
  apt-get install --no-install-recommends -q --assume-yes openjdk-21-jre-headless=21* libjemalloc-dev=5.* adduser=3* && \
  apt-get clean  && \
  rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*  && \
- adduser --disabled-password --gecos "" --home /opt/besu besu && \
+ # Ubuntu 23.10 comes with an "ubuntu" user with uid 1000. We need 1000 for besu.
+ userdel ubuntu 2>/dev/null || true && rm -rf /home/ubuntu && \
+ # Ensure we use a stable UID for besu, as file permissions are tied to UIDs.
+ adduser --uid 1000 --disabled-password --gecos "" --home /opt/besu besu && \
     chown besu:besu /opt/besu && \
     chmod 0755 /opt/besu