diff --git a/roles/ceph-restapi/tasks/pre_requisite.yml b/roles/ceph-restapi/tasks/pre_requisite.yml
index e90ea75f8..92e855532 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-restapi/tasks/pre_requisite.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-restapi/tasks/pre_requisite.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     state=directory
     owner=root
     group=root
-    mode=0644
+    mode=0755
 
 - name: copy Ceph REST API keyring
   copy: >