diff --git a/pkg/semanticrelease/semantic-release.go b/pkg/semanticrelease/semantic-release.go
index 1cd5a9e..eb1d67d 100644
--- a/pkg/semanticrelease/semantic-release.go
+++ b/pkg/semanticrelease/semantic-release.go
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func (s *SemanticRelease) GetChangelog(releaseVersion *shared.ReleaseVersion) (*
 
 // WriteChangeLog writes changelog content to the given file
 func (s *SemanticRelease) WriteChangeLog(changelogContent, file string) error {
-	return ioutil.WriteFile(file, []byte(changelogContent), 644)
+	return ioutil.WriteFile(file, []byte(changelogContent), 0644)
 }
 
 // Release publish release to provider