diff --git a/actions/setup/action.yml b/actions/setup/action.yml
index 289224181..fe53c847c 100644
--- a/actions/setup/action.yml
+++ b/actions/setup/action.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ runs:
         # Configure DockerHub mirror
         tmp=$(mktemp)
         if [ ! -f /etc/docker/daemon.json ]; then
-          echo '{}' > /etc/docker/daemon.json
+          echo '{}' | sudo tee /etc/docker/daemon.json
         fi
         jq '."registry-mirrors" = ["https://mirror.gcr.io"]' /etc/docker/daemon.json > "$tmp"
         sudo mv "$tmp" /etc/docker/daemon.json