diff --git a/bin/docker-dev-shell b/bin/docker-dev-shell
index 69c516f1b9..dd78951bf2 100755
--- a/bin/docker-dev-shell
+++ b/bin/docker-dev-shell
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 set -e
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+source script/_common
 
 HELP=false
 REBUILD=false
@@ -43,26 +45,16 @@ build_image() {
   export BUILT_IMAGE=true
   echo "$(tput setaf 2)=> building image from Dockerfile$(tput sgr0)"
 
-  docker build \
-    --build-arg BUILDKIT_INLINE_CACHE=1 \
-    --build-arg "USER_UID=$(id -u)" \
-    --build-arg "USER_GID=$(id -g)" \
-    --cache-from "ghcr.io/dependabot/dependabot-updater-core" \
-    -t "ghcr.io/dependabot/dependabot-updater-core" \
-    -f Dockerfile.updater-core \
-    .
-
-  docker build \
-    --build-arg BUILDKIT_INLINE_CACHE=1 \
-    --cache-from "ghcr.io/dependabot/dependabot-updater-$ECOSYSTEM" \
-    -t "dependabot/dependabot-updater-$ECOSYSTEM" \
-    -f "$ECOSYSTEM"/Dockerfile \
-    .
+  DEPENDABOT_USER_UID=$(id -u)
+  DEPENDABOT_USER_GID=$(id -g)
+  export DEPENDABOT_USER_UID
+  export DEPENDABOT_USER_GID
+  docker_build "$ECOSYSTEM"
 
   echo "$(tput setaf 2)=> building image from $DOCKERFILE$(tput sgr0)"
   docker build \
     --build-arg BUILDKIT_INLINE_CACHE=1 \
-    --build-arg "FROM_IMAGE=dependabot/dependabot-updater-$ECOSYSTEM" \
+    --build-arg "FROM_IMAGE=$UPDATER_IMAGE_NAME" \
     -t "$IMAGE_NAME" \
     -f "$DOCKERFILE" \
     .
diff --git a/script/_common b/script/_common
index 8f0cbdb3a9..e4cf21e978 100755
--- a/script/_common
+++ b/script/_common
@@ -34,27 +34,38 @@ function docker_build() {
   ECOSYSTEM="$1"
   set_tag
 
+  if [ -z "$DEPENDABOT_USER_UID" ]; then
+    export DEPENDABOT_USER_UID=1000
+  fi
+  if [ -z "$DEPENDABOT_USER_GID" ]; then
+    export DEPENDABOT_USER_GID=1000
+  fi
+
   # shellcheck disable=SC2086  # as $DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS relies on word-splitting
   docker build \
     $DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS \
     --build-arg BUILDKIT_INLINE_CACHE=1 \
+    --build-arg USER_UID=$DEPENDABOT_USER_UID \
+    --build-arg USER_GID=$DEPENDABOT_USER_GID \
     --cache-from "$UPDATER_CORE_IMAGE" \
     -t "$UPDATER_CORE_IMAGE" \
     -f Dockerfile.updater-core \
     .
 
+  export UPDATER_IMAGE_NAME="$UPDATER_IMAGE$TAG"
+
   # shellcheck disable=SC2086  # as $DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS relies on word-splitting
   docker build \
     $DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS \
     --build-arg BUILDKIT_INLINE_CACHE=1 \
-    --cache-from "$UPDATER_IMAGE$TAG" \
-    -t "$UPDATER_IMAGE$TAG" \
+    --cache-from "$UPDATER_IMAGE_NAME" \
+    -t "$UPDATER_IMAGE_NAME" \
     -f $ECOSYSTEM/Dockerfile \
     .
 
   # Verify max layers; an AUFS limit that was _crucial_ on Heroku (but not now)
-  IMAGE_LAYERS=$(docker history -q "$UPDATER_IMAGE$TAG" | wc -l | sed -e 's/ //g')
-  echo "$UPDATER_IMAGE$TAG contains $IMAGE_LAYERS layers"
+  IMAGE_LAYERS=$(docker history -q "$UPDATER_IMAGE_NAME" | wc -l | sed -e 's/ //g')
+  echo "$UPDATER_IMAGE_NAME contains $IMAGE_LAYERS layers"
   [[ $IMAGE_LAYERS -lt 126 ]]
 }