diff --git a/debian/tests/10-hipercontracer-icmp b/debian/tests/10-hipercontracer-icmp
index 3dd443ee..0b40a3a5 100755
--- a/debian/tests/10-hipercontracer-icmp
+++ b/debian/tests/10-hipercontracer-icmp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # Bash options:
 set -eu
 
-TESTUSER="user"
+TESTUSER="hipercontracer"
 
 
 echo "Testing HiPerConTracer with ICMP in the Internet ..."
diff --git a/debian/tests/11-hipercontracer-udp b/debian/tests/11-hipercontracer-udp
index 214be9ef..ed113462 100755
--- a/debian/tests/11-hipercontracer-udp
+++ b/debian/tests/11-hipercontracer-udp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # Bash options:
 set -eu
 
-TESTUSER="user"
+TESTUSER="hipercontracer"
 
 
 echo "Testing HiPerConTracer with ICMP and UDP on localhost, IPv4 and IPv6 ..."