diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 429f5d345..9debf7de4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -322,6 +322,8 @@ jobs:
           echo "Updating version in lib/vscode/product.json"
           tmp=$(mktemp) 
           jq '.codeServerVersion = "$VERSION"' release/lib/vscode/product.json > "$tmp" && mv "$tmp" release/lib/vscode/product.json
+          # Ensure it has the same permissions as before
+          chmod 755 release/lib/vscode/product.json
 
       - name: Compress release package
         run: tar -czf package.tar.gz release