diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/client/tasks/main.yml
index 2baeadf234e..8c7fba34fee 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
   copy:
     content: "{{ final_admin_kubeconfig | to_nice_yaml(indent=2) }}"
     dest: "{{ artifacts_dir }}/admin.conf"
-    mode: 0640
+    mode: 0600
   delegate_to: localhost
   connection: local
   become: no