diff --git a/framework/caching/FileCache.php b/framework/caching/FileCache.php
index d884f8097d4..919a05a5893 100644
--- a/framework/caching/FileCache.php
+++ b/framework/caching/FileCache.php
@@ -141,6 +141,12 @@ protected function setValue($key, $value, $duration)
         if ($this->directoryLevel > 0) {
             @FileHelper::createDirectory(dirname($cacheFile), $this->dirMode, true);
         }
+        // If ownership differs the touch call will fail, so we try to
+        // rebuild the file from scratch by deleting it first
+        // https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/pull/16120
+        if (is_file($cacheFile) && fileowner($cacheFile) !== posix_geteuid()) {
+            @unlink($cacheFile);
+        }
         if (@file_put_contents($cacheFile, $value, LOCK_EX) !== false) {
             if ($this->fileMode !== null) {
                 @chmod($cacheFile, $this->fileMode);