diff --git a/roles/wsgi_website/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py b/roles/wsgi_website/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
index df5cff86bd00359d851af8581badf9c957cde93c..5f22dbc172463e437bb209690d06be2fea9df9b5 100644
--- a/roles/wsgi_website/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
+++ b/roles/wsgi_website/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def test_python_virtualenv_created(host, virtualenv_dir, expected_owner, expecte
         assert virtualenv_activate.is_file
         assert virtualenv_activate.user == expected_owner
         assert virtualenv_activate.group == expected_group
-        assert virtualenv_activate.mode == 0o644
+        assert virtualenv_activate.mode == 0o640
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("project_file, expected_owner, expected_group", [