diff --git a/.github/workflows/cypress_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/cypress_workflow.yml
index 96ee043d5aa4..dc8a9c29abc3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cypress_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cypress_workflow.yml
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: cypress-io/github-action@v2
         with:
           working-directory: ${{ env.FTR_PATH }}
-          start: ${{ env.OPENSEARCH_SNAPSHOT_CMD }}, ${{ env.START_CMD }}
+          start: sudo ${{ env.OPENSEARCH_SNAPSHOT_CMD }}, ${{ env.START_CMD }}
           wait-on: 'http://localhost:9200, http://localhost:5601'
-          command: yarn cypress:run-without-security --browser ${{ env.CYPRESS_BROWSER }} --spec ${{ env.SPEC }}
+          command: sudo yarn cypress:run-without-security --browser ${{ env.CYPRESS_BROWSER }} --spec ${{ env.SPEC }}
 
       # Screenshots are only captured on failure, will change this once we do visual regression tests
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3