diff --git a/ee/query-service/Dockerfile b/ee/query-service/Dockerfile
index cfdee0cb6d8b..4c9d135b4f49 100644
--- a/ee/query-service/Dockerfile
+++ b/ee/query-service/Dockerfile
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/signoz/signoz/ee/query-service/bin/query-
 # copy prometheus YAML config
 COPY pkg/query-service/config/prometheus.yml /root/config/prometheus.yml
 
+# Make query-service executable for non-root users
+RUN chmod 755 /root /root/query-service
+
 # run the binary
 ENTRYPOINT ["./query-service"]
 
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/Dockerfile b/pkg/query-service/Dockerfile
index 2d05e02133a3..de9f708405f1 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/Dockerfile
+++ b/pkg/query-service/Dockerfile
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/signoz/signoz/pkg/query-service/bin/query
 # copy prometheus YAML config
 COPY pkg/query-service/config/prometheus.yml /root/config/prometheus.yml
 
+# Make query-service executable for non-root users
+RUN chmod 755 /root /root/query-service
+
 # run the binary
 ENTRYPOINT ["./query-service"]