diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8ec4aa3bd01..700527a6674 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ build: protos build-java build-docker
 
 install-python-ci-dependencies:
 	python -m piptools sync sdk/python/requirements/py$(PYTHON)-ci-requirements.txt
-	pip install --no-deps -e .
+	pip install --use-pep517 --no-deps -e .
 	python setup.py build_python_protos --inplace
 
 install-python-ci-dependencies-uv:
 	uv pip sync --system sdk/python/requirements/py$(PYTHON)-ci-requirements.txt
-	uv pip install --system --no-deps -e .
+	uv pip install --use-pep517 --system --no-deps -e .
 	python setup.py build_python_protos --inplace
 
 lock-python-ci-dependencies:
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ kill-trino-locally:
 	cd ${ROOT_DIR}; docker stop trino
 
 install-protoc-dependencies:
-	pip install --ignore-installed protobuf==4.24.0 "grpcio-tools>=1.56.2,<2" mypy-protobuf==3.1.0
+	pip install --use-pep517 --ignore-installed protobuf==4.24.0 "grpcio-tools>=1.56.2,<2" mypy-protobuf==3.1.0
 
 # Docker
 
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/feature_servers/multicloud/Dockerfile b/sdk/python/feast/infra/feature_servers/multicloud/Dockerfile
index 8a441479184..c272f4ed66d 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/infra/feature_servers/multicloud/Dockerfile
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/infra/feature_servers/multicloud/Dockerfile
@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@ RUN wget https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/$(lsb_release --id --short |
 RUN apt install -y -V ./apache-arrow-apt-source-latest-$(lsb_release --codename --short).deb
 RUN apt update
 RUN apt -y install libarrow-dev
-RUN mkdir -m 775 /.cache
\ No newline at end of file
+# modify permissions to support running with a random uid
+RUN mkdir -m 775 /.cache
+RUN chmod g+w $(python -c "import feast.ui as _; print(_.__path__)" | tr -d "[']")/build/projects-list.json
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/feature_servers/multicloud/Dockerfile.dev b/sdk/python/feast/infra/feature_servers/multicloud/Dockerfile.dev
index 948e3569a64..858a5ae7d1a 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/infra/feature_servers/multicloud/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/infra/feature_servers/multicloud/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@ RUN apt install -y -V ca-certificates lsb-release wget
 RUN wget https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/$(lsb_release --id --short | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')/apache-arrow-apt-source-latest-$(lsb_release --codename --short).deb
 RUN apt install -y -V ./apache-arrow-apt-source-latest-$(lsb_release --codename --short).deb
 RUN apt update
-RUN apt -y install libarrow-dev
\ No newline at end of file
+RUN apt -y install libarrow-dev
+# modify permissions to support running with a random uid
+RUN mkdir -m 775 /.cache
+RUN chmod g+w $(python -c "import feast.ui as _; print(_.__path__)" | tr -d "[']")/build/projects-list.json