diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f69bd103c4..7fcada6415 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/runtime:8.0 AS runtime
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=build /app .
 
+RUN mkdir /data \
+  && chown -R $APP_UID:$APP_UID /data
+
+VOLUME /data
+
 # Run container as a non-root user
 USER $APP_UID
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.alpine b/Dockerfile.alpine
index fad023fe7b..1bfe28226d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/runtime:8.0-alpine AS runtime
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=build /app .
 
+RUN mkdir /data \
+  && chown -R $APP_UID:$APP_UID /data
+
+VOLUME /data
+
 # Run container as a non-root user
 USER $APP_UID
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.cbl-mariner b/Dockerfile.cbl-mariner
index df50788740..979eca86fe 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.cbl-mariner
+++ b/Dockerfile.cbl-mariner
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/runtime:8.0-cbl-mariner2.0 AS runtime
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=build /app .
 
+RUN mkdir /data \
+  && chown -R $APP_UID:$APP_UID /data
+
+VOLUME /data
+
 # Run container as a non-root user
 USER $APP_UID
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.chiseled b/Dockerfile.chiseled
index fbe26fb02a..d78e0971a0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.chiseled
+++ b/Dockerfile.chiseled
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/runtime:8.0-jammy-chiseled AS runtime
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=build /app .
 
+VOLUME /data
+
 # For inter-container communication.
 EXPOSE 6379
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.ubuntu b/Dockerfile.ubuntu
index 490347f8d4..93e6743605 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.ubuntu
+++ b/Dockerfile.ubuntu
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/runtime:8.0-jammy AS runtime
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=build /app .
 
+RUN mkdir /data \
+  && chown -R $APP_UID:$APP_UID /data
+
+VOLUME /data
+
 # Run container as a non-root user
 USER $APP_UID