diff --git a/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/deploy_monitors.yml b/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/deploy_monitors.yml
index 6cb79f6ce..233c383fb 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/deploy_monitors.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/deploy_monitors.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     state: directory
     owner: "{{ ceph_uid if containerized_deployment else 'ceph' }}"
     group: "{{ ceph_uid if containerized_deployment else 'ceph' }}"
-    mode: "0755"
+    mode: "u=rwX,g=rX,o=rX"
     recurse: true
 
 - name: set_fact client_admin_ceph_authtool_cap