diff --git a/internal/cache/cache.go b/internal/cache/cache.go
index 0b264e256..ca59b0dc0 100644
--- a/internal/cache/cache.go
+++ b/internal/cache/cache.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type Cache struct {
 }
 
 const dirMode = 0700
-const fileMode = 0600
+const fileMode = 0644
 
 func readVersion(dir string) (v uint, err error) {
 	buf, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, "version"))
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func writeCachedirTag(dir string) error {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "Lstat")
 	}
 
-	f, err := fs.OpenFile(tagfile, os.O_CREATE|os.O_EXCL|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
+	f, err := fs.OpenFile(tagfile, os.O_CREATE|os.O_EXCL|os.O_WRONLY, fileMode)
 	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsExist(errors.Cause(err)) {
 			return nil
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func New(id string, basedir string) (c *Cache, err error) {
 	}
 
 	if v < cacheVersion {
-		err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(cachedir, "version"), []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", cacheVersion)), 0644)
+		err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(cachedir, "version"), []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", cacheVersion)), fileMode)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "WriteFile")
 		}