diff --git a/changelog/fragments/scorecard-label-perms.yaml b/changelog/fragments/scorecard-label-perms.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a83700dfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/fragments/scorecard-label-perms.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+entries:
+  - description: >
+      Fixed a bug in scorecard that caused tests to fail with permission errors
+      when loading the bundle.
+    kind: "bugfix"
diff --git a/internal/scorecard/alpha/tar.go b/internal/scorecard/alpha/tar.go
index fbd836dcd1..2e7dcae60a 100644
--- a/internal/scorecard/alpha/tar.go
+++ b/internal/scorecard/alpha/tar.go
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func newTarDirHeader(path string) *tar.Header {
 		Typeflag: tar.TypeDir,
 		Name:     filepath.Clean(path) + "/",
 		ModTime:  time.Now(),
-		Mode:     0700,
+		Mode:     0755,
 		Uid:      os.Getuid(),
 		Gid:      os.Getgid(),
 	}