diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/2685-ashish-amarnath b/changelogs/unreleased/2685-ashish-amarnath
deleted file mode 100644
index 18ea0ce1f..000000000
--- a/changelogs/unreleased/2685-ashish-amarnath
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-update file permissions on JSON manifests in the backup archive
diff --git a/pkg/backup/item_backupper.go b/pkg/backup/item_backupper.go
index 03b618ddf..e2652abca 100644
--- a/pkg/backup/item_backupper.go
+++ b/pkg/backup/item_backupper.go
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ func (ib *itemBackupper) backupItem(logger logrus.FieldLogger, obj runtime.Unstr
 			Name:     filePath,
 			Size:     int64(len(itemBytes)),
 			Typeflag: tar.TypeReg,
-			Mode:     0644,
+			Mode:     0755,
 			ModTime:  time.Now(),
 		}