diff --git a/tasks/fas_client.yml b/tasks/fas_client.yml
index 2d92dd26e0..fda101a918 100644
--- a/tasks/fas_client.yml
+++ b/tasks/fas_client.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,6 @@
 #  - config
 
 - name: fas_client cron job
-  action: copy src=$files/fas-client/fas-client.cron dest=/etc/cron.d/fas-client owner=root mode=700
+  action: copy src=$files/fas-client/fas-client.cron dest=/etc/cron.d/fas-client owner=root mode=644
   tags:
   - config