diff --git a/src/extensions/nginx-app-protect/nap/nap.go b/src/extensions/nginx-app-protect/nap/nap.go
index c51d14d887..9d87c8fa93 100644
--- a/src/extensions/nginx-app-protect/nap/nap.go
+++ b/src/extensions/nginx-app-protect/nap/nap.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const (
 	DefaultOptNAPDir      = "/opt/app_protect"
 	DefaultNMSCompilerDir = "/opt/nms-nap-compiler"
 	compilerDirPrefix     = "app_protect-"
-	dirPerm               = 0o644
+	dirPerm               = 0o750
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/test/performance/vendor/github.com/nginx/agent/v2/src/extensions/nginx-app-protect/nap/nap.go b/test/performance/vendor/github.com/nginx/agent/v2/src/extensions/nginx-app-protect/nap/nap.go
index c51d14d887..9d87c8fa93 100644
--- a/test/performance/vendor/github.com/nginx/agent/v2/src/extensions/nginx-app-protect/nap/nap.go
+++ b/test/performance/vendor/github.com/nginx/agent/v2/src/extensions/nginx-app-protect/nap/nap.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const (
 	DefaultOptNAPDir      = "/opt/app_protect"
 	DefaultNMSCompilerDir = "/opt/nms-nap-compiler"
 	compilerDirPrefix     = "app_protect-"
-	dirPerm               = 0o644
+	dirPerm               = 0o750
 )
 
 var (