diff --git a/examples/grafana-monitoring/docker-compose.yml b/examples/grafana-monitoring/docker-compose.yml
index c7c6cad..3fe7c7b 100644
--- a/examples/grafana-monitoring/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/examples/grafana-monitoring/docker-compose.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ services:
   telegraf:
     image: telegraf:latest
     restart: unless-stopped
-    user: telegraf:998 # see: https://www.influxdata.com/blog/docker-run-telegraf-as-non-root/
+    user: telegraf:$(stat -c '%g' /var/run/docker.sock) # see: https://www.influxdata.com/blog/docker-run-telegraf-as-non-root/
     container_name: telegraf
     hostname: telegraf
     dns: