diff --git a/deployment/mistral/mistral-executor-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/mistral/mistral-executor-container-puppet.yaml
index 1eba8dc866..1ce5e7385d 100644
--- a/deployment/mistral/mistral-executor-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/mistral/mistral-executor-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ outputs:
             mode: "{{ item.mode|default(omit) }}"
           with_items:
             - { 'path': /var/log/containers/mistral, 'setype': container_file_t, 'mode': '0750' }
-            - { 'path': /var/lib/mistral, 'setype': container_file_t }
+            - { 'path': /var/lib/mistral, 'setype': container_file_t, 'mode': '0751' }
         - name: create mistral/.ssh directory
           file:
             path: /var/lib/mistral/.ssh