diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/updatecheck.sh b/advanced/Scripts/updatecheck.sh
index b64917a2..b5ae7e46 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/updatecheck.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/updatecheck.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ rm -f "/etc/pihole/localversions"
 # Create new versions file if it does not exist
 VERSION_FILE="/etc/pihole/versions"
 touch "${VERSION_FILE}"
-chmod 644 "${VERSION_FILE}"
+chmod 640 "${VERSION_FILE}"
 
 # if /pihole.docker.tag file exists, we will use it's value later in this script
 DOCKER_TAG=$(cat /pihole.docker.tag 2>/dev/null)