diff --git a/debian/rake-tasks.sh b/debian/rake-tasks.sh
index 6884c85548..cc2ba457f8 100755
--- a/debian/rake-tasks.sh
+++ b/debian/rake-tasks.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c 'install -d /var/lib/gitlab/.node_modules'
 runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c 'install -d /var/lib/gitlab/yarn'
 runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c 'cd /var/lib/gitlab/yarn; npm install yarn'
 runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c '/var/lib/gitlab/yarn/node_modules/.bin/yarn --frozen-lockfile install'
+# Remove write permissions of .yarn-metadata.json files
+runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c 'find /var/lib/gitlab/.cache/yarn/v4/ -name .yarn-metadata.json -perm -a=w -exec chmod 644 {} \;'
 
 echo "Precompiling locales..."
 runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c 'bundle exec rake gettext:po_to_json'