diff --git a/modules/storage/local.go b/modules/storage/local.go
index 5d5b06b648d7..a208ba8e1024 100644
--- a/modules/storage/local.go
+++ b/modules/storage/local.go
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ func (l *LocalStorage) Save(path string, r io.Reader, size int64) (int64, error)
 		return 0, err
 	}
 	// Golang's tmp file (os.CreateTemp) always have 0o600 mode, so we need to change the file to follow the umask (as what Create/MkDir does)
-	if err := util.ApplyUmask(p, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+	// but we don't want to make these files executable - so ensure that we mask out the executable bits
+	if err := util.ApplyUmask(p, os.ModePerm&0o666); err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}