diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.test.ts
index 752212606f..d676af56ca 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.test.ts
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ describe('fetch:template', () => {
         mockFetchContents.mockImplementation(({ outputPath }) => {
           mockFs({
             [outputPath]: {
+              'an-executable.sh': mockFs.file({
+                content: '#!/usr/bin/env bash',
+                mode: parseInt('100755', 8),
+              }),
               'empty-dir-${{ values.count }}': {},
               'static.txt': 'static content',
               '${{ values.name }}.txt': 'static content',
@@ -211,6 +215,13 @@ describe('fetch:template', () => {
           fs.readFile(`${workspacePath}/target/a-binary-file.png`),
         ).resolves.toEqual(aBinaryFile);
       });
+      it('copies files and maintains the original file permissions', async () => {
+        await expect(
+          fs
+            .stat(`${workspacePath}/target/an-executable.sh`)
+            .then(fObj => fObj.mode),
+        ).resolves.toEqual(parseInt('100755', 8));
+      });
     });
 
     describe('copyWithoutRender', () => {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.ts
index 13dfb2486e..5e4e4406fa 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/template.ts
@@ -272,8 +272,8 @@ export function createFetchTemplateAction(options: {
               renderContents
                 ? templater.renderString(inputFileContents, context)
                 : inputFileContents,
+              { mode: statsObj.mode },
             );
-            await fs.chmod(outputPath, statsObj.mode);
           }
         }
       }