diff --git a/news/8164.bugfix b/news/8164.bugfix
index f8d41b3be..1707d2840 100644
--- a/news/8164.bugfix
+++ b/news/8164.bugfix
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Get generated file mode by performing bitwise AND with the negation of current umask
+Fix metadata permission issues when umask has the executable bit set.