diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7297d4fc45..38672be2df 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ buildscript {
         classpath 'com.jfrog.bintray.gradle:gradle-bintray-plugin:1.4'
         classpath 'net.corda.plugins:publish-utils:0.5'
         classpath 'net.corda.plugins:quasar-utils:0.5.1'
-        classpath 'net.corda.plugins:cordformation:0.5.2'
+        classpath 'net.corda.plugins:cordformation:0.5.3'
 
         // Can run 'gradle dependencyUpdates' to find new versions of things.
         classpath 'com.github.ben-manes:gradle-versions-plugin:0.12.0'
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/Cordform.groovy b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/Cordform.groovy
index 95595d2d1b..5a2b24ae2f 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/Cordform.groovy
+++ b/gradle-plugins/cordformation/src/main/groovy/net/corda/plugins/Cordform.groovy
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ class Cordform extends DefaultTask {
             filter { String line -> line.replace("JAR_NAME", Node.JAR_NAME) }
             // Replaces end of line with lf to avoid issues with the bash interpreter and Windows style line endings.
             filter(FixCrLfFilter.class, eol: FixCrLfFilter.CrLf.newInstance("lf"))
+            fileMode 0755
             into "${directory}/"
         }
     }