diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 854908b0..b16d28e6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ RUN groupadd -g 999 praktomat && \
   useradd -g 999 -u 999 praktomat -s /bin/sh --home /praktomat --create-home --comment "Praktomat Demon" && \
   usermod -aG sudo praktomat && \
   echo "praktomat:$PASSWORD" | sudo chpasswd && \
-# add user tester (uid=1000) \
-  useradd -g 999 -u 1000 tester -s /bin/false --no-create-home -c "Test Exceution User"
+# add user tester (uid=777) \
+  useradd -g 999 -u 777 tester -s /bin/false --no-create-home -c "Test Exceution User"
 
 # allow user praktomat to execute 'sudo -u tester ...'
 # allow user praktomat to start cron
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index f027a810..550d66f7 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# 4.18.3
+
+change tester uid to value other than 1000 as this causes problems with WSL2 
+
+
 # 4.18.2
 
 * bugfix nginx configuration: large requests
diff --git a/src/VERSION.py b/src/VERSION.py
index 35f09c79..fc97585c 100644
--- a/src/VERSION.py
+++ b/src/VERSION.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-version = "Version 4.18.2 | 20230920"
+version = "Version 4.18.3 | 20240208"