diff --git a/devfiles/java-maven/devfile.yaml b/devfiles/java-maven/devfile.yaml
index 1ee86f297..46b72979b 100644
--- a/devfiles/java-maven/devfile.yaml
+++ b/devfiles/java-maven/devfile.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ components:
       - name: MAVEN_OPTS
         value: "-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=50 -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=10
           -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=20 -XX:GCTimeRatio=4 -XX:AdaptiveSizePolicyWeight=90
-          -Dsun.zip.disableMemoryMapping=true -Xms20m -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom"
+          -Dsun.zip.disableMemoryMapping=true -Xms20m -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom
+          -Duser.home=/home/user"
       - name: JAVA_OPTS
         value: "-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=50 -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=10
           -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=20 -XX:GCTimeRatio=4 -XX:AdaptiveSizePolicyWeight=90