diff --git a/.changeset/seven-seals-pull.md b/.changeset/seven-seals-pull.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5898ca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/seven-seals-pull.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@cartesi/cli": patch
+---
+
+validator container will run with cartesi unprivileged user
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/commands/doctor.ts b/apps/cli/src/commands/doctor.ts
index a730f3a..e1547ae 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/commands/doctor.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/commands/doctor.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export default class DoctorCommand extends BaseCommand<typeof DoctorCommand> {
     static examples = ["<%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %>"];
 
     private static MINIMUM_DOCKER_VERSION = "23.0.0"; // Replace with our minimum required Docker version
-    private static MINIMUM_DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION = "2.21.0"; // Replace with our minimum required Docker Compose version
+    private static MINIMUM_DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION = "2.30.0"; // Replace with our minimum required Docker Compose version
     private static MINIMUM_BUILDX_VERSION = "0.13.0"; // Replace with our minimum required Buildx version
 
     private async checkDocker(): Promise<true | never> {
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/node/docker-compose-validator.yaml b/apps/cli/src/node/docker-compose-validator.yaml
index 449440f..3ae6ce2 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/node/docker-compose-validator.yaml
+++ b/apps/cli/src/node/docker-compose-validator.yaml
@@ -13,13 +13,21 @@ services:
             interval: 10s
             timeout: 1s
             retries: 5
-        user: root
+        post_start:
+            - command:
+                  - /bin/bash
+                  - -c
+                  - |
+                      mkdir -p "$CARTESI_SNAPSHOT_DIR"
+                      cp --recursive /tmp/snapshot/* "$CARTESI_SNAPSHOT_DIR"
+              user: root
         command:
             - /bin/bash
             - -c
             - |
-                mkdir -p "$CARTESI_SNAPSHOT_DIR"
-                cp --recursive /tmp/snapshot/* "$CARTESI_SNAPSHOT_DIR"
+                while ! stat "$CARTESI_SNAPSHOT_DIR" &>/dev/null; do
+                    sleep 0.5
+                done
                 exec cartesi-rollups-node
 
         env_file: