diff --git a/tests/torture.c b/tests/torture.c
index ab46e9e9..65fbc062 100644
--- a/tests/torture.c
+++ b/tests/torture.c
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ void torture_write_file(const char *filename, const char *data){
     assert_true(filename[0] != '\0');
     assert_non_null(data);
 
-    fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT, 0755);
+    fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT, 0600);
     assert_true(fd >= 0);
 
     rc = write(fd, data, strlen(data));