diff --git a/addons/digest/data/digest_data.xml b/addons/digest/data/digest_data.xml
index 853f684f15b..76c6e373d80 100644
--- a/addons/digest/data/digest_data.xml
+++ b/addons/digest/data/digest_data.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <data noupdate="1">
         <record id="digest_digest_default" model="digest.digest">
             <field name="name">Weekly Digest</field>
-            <field name="user_ids" eval="[(4, ref('base.user_root'))]"/>
+            <field name="user_ids" eval="[(4, ref('base.user_admin'))]"/>
             <field name="next_run_date" eval="(DateTime.now() + timedelta(days=7)).strftime('%Y-%m-%d')"/>
             <field name="kpi_res_users_connected">True</field>
             <field name="kpi_mail_message_total">True</field>
diff --git a/addons/project/data/project_data.xml b/addons/project/data/project_data.xml
index 3103992a4e6..ff624b5a232 100644
--- a/addons/project/data/project_data.xml
+++ b/addons/project/data/project_data.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         <record forcecreate="False" id="project_project_data" model="project.project">
             <field name="name">Start here to discover Odoo</field>
             <field name="privacy_visibility">followers</field>
-            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_root"/>
+            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_admin"/>
             <field name="active" eval="False"/>
             <field name="alias_name">discover</field>
             <field name="alias_model_id" ref="model_project_task"/>
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 
         <record forcecreate="False" id="project_task_data_0" model="project.task">
             <field name="sequence">1</field>
-            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_root"/>
+            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_admin"/>
             <field name="priority">0</field>
             <field name="project_id" ref="project.project_project_data"/>
             <field name="active" eval="False"/>
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 
         <record forcecreate="False" id="project_task_data_1" model="project.task">
             <field name="sequence">2</field>
-            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_root"/>
+            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_admin"/>
             <field name="priority">0</field>
             <field name="project_id" ref="project.project_project_data"/>
             <field name="active" eval="False"/>
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 
         <record forcecreate="False" id="project_task_data_5" model="project.task">
             <field name="sequence">3</field>
-            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_root"/>
+            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_admin"/>
             <field name="priority">0</field>
             <field name="project_id" ref="project.project_project_data"/>
             <field name="active" eval="False"/>
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 
         <record forcecreate="False" id="project_task_data_2" model="project.task">
             <field name="sequence">4</field>
-            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_root"/>
+            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_admin"/>
             <field name="priority">0</field>
             <field name="project_id" ref="project.project_project_data"/>
             <field name="active" eval="False"/>
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
         </record>
 
         <record forcecreate="False" id="project_task_data_4" model="project.task">
-            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_root"/>
+            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_admin"/>
             <field name="priority">0</field>
             <field name="project_id" ref="project.project_project_data"/>
             <field name="active" eval="False"/>
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 
         <record forcecreate="False" id="project_task_data_6" model="project.task">
             <field name="sequence">3</field>
-            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_root"/>
+            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_admin"/>
             <field name="priority">0</field>
             <field name="project_id" ref="project.project_project_data"/>
             <field name="active" eval="False"/>
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 
         <record forcecreate="False" id="project_task_data_12" model="project.task">
             <field name="sequence">4</field>
-            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_root"/>
+            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_admin"/>
             <field name="priority">0</field>
             <field name="project_id" ref="project.project_project_data"/>
             <field name="active" eval="False"/>
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
 
         <record forcecreate="False" id="project_task_data_13" model="project.task">
             <field name="sequence">5</field>
-            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_root"/>
+            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_admin"/>
             <field name="priority">0</field>
             <field name="project_id" ref="project.project_project_data"/>
             <field name="active" eval="False"/>
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
         </record>
 
         <record forcecreate="False" id="project_task_data_7" model="project.task">
-            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_root"/>
+            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_admin"/>
             <field name="priority">0</field>
             <field name="project_id" ref="project.project_project_data"/>
             <field name="active" eval="False"/>
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
         </record>
 
         <record forcecreate="False" id="project_task_data_9" model="project.task">
-            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_root"/>
+            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_admin"/>
             <field name="priority">0</field>
             <field name="project_id" ref="project.project_project_data"/>
             <field name="active" eval="False"/>
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
         </record>
 
         <record forcecreate="False" id="project_task_data_11" model="project.task">
-            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_root"/>
+            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_admin"/>
             <field name="priority">0</field>
             <field name="project_id" ref="project.project_project_data"/>
             <field name="active" eval="False"/>
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
         </record>
 
         <record forcecreate="False" id="project_task_data_14" model="project.task">
-            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_root"/>
+            <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_admin"/>
             <field name="priority">0</field>
             <field name="project_id" ref="project.project_project_data"/>
             <field name="active" eval="False"/>