diff --git a/bundler/lib/dependabot/bundler/native_helpers.rb b/bundler/lib/dependabot/bundler/native_helpers.rb
index 1b743597b93..d5f7bfdf309 100644
--- a/bundler/lib/dependabot/bundler/native_helpers.rb
+++ b/bundler/lib/dependabot/bundler/native_helpers.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ def self.run_bundler_subprocess(function:, args:, bundler_version:)
               # Bundler will pick the matching installed major version
               "BUNDLER_VERSION" => bundler_version,
               "BUNDLE_GEMFILE" => File.join(versioned_helper_path(bundler_version: bundler_version), "Gemfile"),
-              "BUNDLE_PATH" => File.join(versioned_helper_path(bundler_version: bundler_version), ".bundle")
+              "BUNDLE_PATH" => File.join(versioned_helper_path(bundler_version: bundler_version), ".bundle"),
+              # Prevent the GEM_HOME from being set to a folder owned by root
+              "GEM_HOME" => File.join(versioned_helper_path(bundler_version: bundler_version), ".bundle")
             }
           )
         end