diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index fd0acb9be9..b34cb1bd4d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ Merged from 2.2:
  * Rely on the JVM to handle OutOfMemoryErrors (CASSANDRA-13006)
  * Grab refs during scrub/index redistribution/cleanup (CASSANDRA-13873)
 Merged from 2.1:
+ * RPM package spec: fix permissions for installed jars and config files (CASSANDRA-14181)
  * More PEP8 compliance for cqlsh
 
 
diff --git a/redhat/cassandra.spec b/redhat/cassandra.spec
index 0f5d9e9eda..87f725399a 100644
--- a/redhat/cassandra.spec
+++ b/redhat/cassandra.spec
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ exit 0
 %attr(755,root,root) %{_bindir}/stop-server
 %attr(755,root,root) %{_sbindir}/cassandra
 %attr(755,root,root) /%{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/%{username}
-%attr(755,root,root) /%{_sysconfdir}/default/%{username}
-%attr(755,root,root) /%{_sysconfdir}/security/limits.d/%{username}.conf
-%attr(755,root,root) /usr/share/%{username}*
-%attr(755,root,root) %config(noreplace) /%{_sysconfdir}/%{username}
+%{_sysconfdir}/default/%{username}
+%{_sysconfdir}/security/limits.d/%{username}.conf
+/usr/share/%{username}*
+%config(noreplace) /%{_sysconfdir}/%{username}
 %attr(755,%{username},%{username}) %config(noreplace) /var/lib/%{username}/*
 %attr(755,%{username},%{username}) /var/log/%{username}*
 %attr(755,%{username},%{username}) /var/run/%{username}*