diff --git a/features/matchers/path/have_permissions.feature b/features/matchers/path/have_permissions.feature
index cb3e9ce6f..b0a9d6e60 100644
--- a/features/matchers/path/have_permissions.feature
+++ b/features/matchers/path/have_permissions.feature
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Feature: Check if path has permissions in filesystem
 
     RSpec.describe 'Check if path has permissions', :type => :aruba do
       let(:file) { 'file.txt' }
-      let(:permissions) { 0700 }
+      let(:permissions) { 0600 }
 
       before(:each) { touch(file) }
       before(:each) { chmod(permissions, file) }
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Feature: Check if path has permissions in filesystem
 
     RSpec.describe 'Check if path has permissions', :type => :aruba do
       let(:files) { %w(file1.txt file2.txt) }
-      let(:permissions) { 0700 }
+      let(:permissions) { 0600 }
 
       before :each do
         files.each do |f|
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Feature: Check if path has permissions in filesystem
 
     RSpec.describe 'Check if path has permissions', :type => :aruba do
       let(:files) { %w(file1.txt file2.txt) }
-      let(:permissions) { 0700 }
+      let(:permissions) { 0600 }
 
       before :each do
         touch(files.first)
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Feature: Check if path has permissions in filesystem
 
     RSpec.describe 'Check if path has permissions', :type => :aruba do
       let(:path) { 'file.txt' }
-      let(:permissions) { 0777 }
+      let(:permissions) { 0700 }
 
       it { expect(path).to have_permissions permissions }
     end
diff --git a/spec/aruba/api_spec.rb b/spec/aruba/api_spec.rb
index c34f2cabb..e792252e3 100644
--- a/spec/aruba/api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/aruba/api_spec.rb
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ def actual_permissions
 
       let(:file_name) { @file_name }
       let(:file_path) { @file_path }
-      let(:permissions) { '0655' }
+      let(:permissions) { '0644' }
 
       before :each do
         @aruba.set_environment_variable 'HOME', File.expand_path(@aruba.aruba.current_directory)
@@ -797,12 +797,12 @@ def actual_permissions
 
       context 'when file exists' do
         context 'and permissions are given as string' do
-          it { expect(actual_permissions).to eq('0655') }
+          it { expect(actual_permissions).to eq('0644') }
         end
 
         context 'and permissions are given as octal number' do
-          let(:permissions) { 0655 }
-          it { expect(actual_permissions).to eq('0655') }
+          let(:permissions) { 0644 }
+          it { expect(actual_permissions).to eq('0644') }
         end
 
         context 'and path has ~ in it' do
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ def actual_permissions
           let(:file_name) { File.join('~', path) }
           let(:file_path) { File.join(@aruba.aruba.current_directory, path) }
 
-          it { expect(actual_permissions).to eq('0655') }
+          it { expect(actual_permissions).to eq('0644') }
         end
       end
     end
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ def actual_permissions
       let(:file_name) { @file_name }
       let(:file_path) { @file_path }
 
-      let(:permissions) { '0655' }
+      let(:permissions) { '0644' }
 
       before :each do
         @aruba.set_environment_variable 'HOME', File.expand_path(@aruba.aruba.current_directory)
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ def actual_permissions
           end
 
           context 'and fails because the permissions are the same although they should be different' do
-            let(:different_permissions) { 0655 }
+            let(:different_permissions) { 0644 }
 
             it { expect { @aruba.check_filesystem_permissions(different_permissions, file_name, false) }.to raise_error }
           end