diff --git a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/install/SetupWizard.java b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/install/SetupWizard.java
index 4b221f19f87c568ec8a08b020d6da24fd7fd4bad..667ef69bd720950a17ccacd7d813be34b53f664a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/install/SetupWizard.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/install/SetupWizard.java
@@ -79,8 +79,10 @@ public class SetupWizard {
                 // JENKINS-33599 - write to a file in the jenkins home directory
                 // most native packages of Jenkins creates a machine user account 'jenkins' to run Jenkins,
                 // and use group 'jenkins' for admins. So we allo groups to read this file
-                iapf.write(randomUUID + System.lineSeparator(), "UTF-8");
+                iapf.touch(System.currentTimeMillis());
                 iapf.chmod(0640);
+                iapf.write(randomUUID + System.lineSeparator(), "UTF-8");
+                
 
                 // Lock Jenkins down:
                 FullControlOnceLoggedInAuthorizationStrategy authStrategy = new FullControlOnceLoggedInAuthorizationStrategy();