diff --git a/bootstrap/helpers/sudo.php b/bootstrap/helpers/sudo.php
index acbe45c1c9..8d662485f0 100644
--- a/bootstrap/helpers/sudo.php
+++ b/bootstrap/helpers/sudo.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function shouldChangeOwnership(string $path): bool
  */
 function ownershipCommand(string $path, Server $server): string
 {
-    return "find $path -user root -exec chown $server->user:$server->user {} + && chmod o-rwx $path";
+    return "find $path -user root -exec chown -h $server->user:$server->user {} + && chmod o-rwx $path";
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/tests/Unit/ParseCommandsByLineForSudoTest.php b/tests/Unit/ParseCommandsByLineForSudoTest.php
index 5a98398da2..594ecbd046 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/ParseCommandsByLineForSudoTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/ParseCommandsByLineForSudoTest.php
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ test('adds ownership changes for Coolify data paths', function () {
 
     $result = parseCommandsByLineForSudo($commands, $this->server);
 
-    expect($result[0])->toBe('sudo mkdir -p /data/coolify/logs && sudo find /data/coolify/logs -user root -exec chown ubuntu:ubuntu {} + && sudo chmod o-rwx /data/coolify/logs');
+    expect($result[0])->toBe('sudo mkdir -p /data/coolify/logs && sudo find /data/coolify/logs -user root -exec chown -h ubuntu:ubuntu {} + && sudo chmod o-rwx /data/coolify/logs');
 });
 
 test('adds ownership changes for Coolify tmp paths', function () {
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ test('adds ownership changes for Coolify tmp paths', function () {
 
     $result = parseCommandsByLineForSudo($commands, $this->server);
 
-    expect($result[0])->toBe('sudo mkdir -p /tmp/coolify/cache && sudo find /tmp/coolify/cache -user root -exec chown ubuntu:ubuntu {} + && sudo chmod o-rwx /tmp/coolify/cache');
+    expect($result[0])->toBe('sudo mkdir -p /tmp/coolify/cache && sudo find /tmp/coolify/cache -user root -exec chown -h ubuntu:ubuntu {} + && sudo chmod o-rwx /tmp/coolify/cache');
 });
 
 test('ownership changes work where root may not use sudo', function (string $parser) {
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ test('ownership changes apply only to the mkdir path when more commands follow',
     $process = new Process(['bash', '-c', $command], env: ['PATH' => "{$directory}:".getenv('PATH'), 'LOG' => "{$directory}/log"]);
     $process->run();
 
-    expect($command)->toContain("find {$path}/dynamic -user root -exec chown ubuntu:ubuntu {} + && ")
+    expect($command)->toContain("find {$path}/dynamic -user root -exec chown -h ubuntu:ubuntu {} + && ")
         ->and($command)->toContain("chmod o-rwx {$path}/dynamic{$separator} ")
         ->and($command)->toEndWith('head -n 1000'.($parser === 'command list' ? "'" : ''))
         ->and($process->getErrorOutput())->toBe('')
diff --git a/tests/Unit/SudoOwnershipSymlinkTest.php b/tests/Unit/SudoOwnershipSymlinkTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9ead5ff57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/SudoOwnershipSymlinkTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?php
+
+use App\Models\Server;
+use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
+
+afterEach(function () {
+    Mockery::close();
+});
+
+test('ownership changes do not follow symlinks to files outside the Coolify path', function (string $parser, string $tools) {
+    if (posix_geteuid() !== 0 || posix_getpwnam('daemon') === false) {
+        $this->markTestSkipped('Needs root and a daemon user to change file owners.');
+    }
+    if ($tools === 'busybox' && ! is_executable('/usr/bin/busybox')) {
+        $this->markTestSkipped('Needs BusyBox.');
+    }
+    $directory = sys_get_temp_dir().'/coolify-sudo-'.bin2hex(random_bytes(4));
+    mkdir($directory);
+    file_put_contents("{$directory}/sudo", "#!/bin/sh\nexec \"\$@\"\n");
+    chmod("{$directory}/sudo", 0755);
+    if ($tools === 'busybox') {
+        foreach (['find', 'chown', 'chmod', 'mkdir'] as $tool) {
+            symlink('/usr/bin/busybox', "{$directory}/{$tool}");
+        }
+    }
+    // A root-owned file outside Coolify's directories, like /etc/sudoers.
+    $target = "{$directory}/sudoers";
+    file_put_contents($target, 'root ALL=(ALL) ALL');
+    $path = '/tmp/coolify/symlink-test-'.bin2hex(random_bytes(4));
+    mkdir($path, 0700, true);
+    symlink($target, "{$path}/link");
+
+    $server = Mockery::mock(Server::class)->makePartial();
+    $server->shouldReceive('getAttribute')->with('user')->andReturn('daemon');
+    $server->shouldReceive('setAttribute')->andReturnSelf();
+    $command = $parser === 'command list'
+        ? parseCommandsByLineForSudo(collect(["mkdir -p {$path}"]), $server)[0]
+        : parseLineForSudo("mkdir -p {$path}", $server);
+    $process = new Process(['/bin/sh', '-c', $command], env: ['PATH' => "{$directory}:".getenv('PATH')]);
+    $process->run();
+    clearstatcache();
+
+    expect($process->getErrorOutput())->toBe('')
+        ->and($process->isSuccessful())->toBeTrue()
+        ->and(fileowner($target))->toBe(0)
+        ->and(lstat("{$path}/link")['uid'])->toBe(1)
+        ->and(fileowner($path))->toBe(1);
+
+    (new Process(['rm', '-rf', $directory, $path]))->run();
+})->with(['command list', 'deployment line'])->with(['coreutils', 'busybox']);