diff --git a/roles/common/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py b/roles/common/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
index 9bdc107f561ba4fb34bc2f41cfe0f247b6a445c2..ce477074b3049a85dfe88123912b224990ac15b9 100644
--- a/roles/common/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
+++ b/roles/common/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ def test_pipreqcheck_virtualenv(host):
         assert virtualenv_activate.is_file
         assert virtualenv_activate.user == 'pipreqcheck'
         assert virtualenv_activate.group == 'pipreqcheck'
-        assert virtualenv_activate.mode == 0o644
+        assert virtualenv_activate.mode == 0o640
 
 
 def test_pipreqcheck_virtualenv_prompt(host):