diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-ui/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-ui/pom.xml
index c1cae7ff5ad..7dce9cfa790 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-ui/pom.xml
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
                 <phase>generate-resources</phase>
                 <id>bower install</id>
                 <configuration>
-                  <arguments>install</arguments>
+                  <arguments>install --allow-root</arguments>
                 </configuration>
                 <goals>
                   <goal>bower</goal>