diff --git a/test/jdk/java/util/Currency/PropertiesTest.sh b/test/jdk/java/util/Currency/PropertiesTest.sh
index 215be9229ae224828b878b870ef1f41c73f90a98..2056d76f53d3d694e90191128430cf5c5155853c 100644
--- a/test/jdk/java/util/Currency/PropertiesTest.sh
+++ b/test/jdk/java/util/Currency/PropertiesTest.sh
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ run PropertiesTest -c dump1 dump2 ${PROPS}
 WRITABLEJDK=.${FS}testjava
 cp -H -R $TESTJAVA $WRITABLEJDK || exit 1
 PROPLOCATION=${WRITABLEJDK}${FS}lib
-chmod -R a+rx $WRITABLEJDK || exit 1
+chmod -R u+w $WRITABLEJDK || exit 1
 cp ${PROPS} $PROPLOCATION || exit 1
 echo "Properties location: ${PROPLOCATION}"