diff --git a/backend/src/hatchling/builders/sdist.py b/backend/src/hatchling/builders/sdist.py
index 8081eb507..55fa5e4d8 100644
--- a/backend/src/hatchling/builders/sdist.py
+++ b/backend/src/hatchling/builders/sdist.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from hatchling.builders.utils import (
     get_reproducible_timestamp,
     normalize_archive_path,
+    normalize_artifact_permissions,
     normalize_file_permissions,
     normalize_relative_path,
     replace_file,
@@ -36,10 +37,8 @@ def __init__(self, name: str, *, reproducible: bool) -> None:
         self.timestamp: int | None = get_reproducible_timestamp() if reproducible else None
 
         raw_fd, self.path = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix='.tar.gz')
+        normalize_artifact_permissions(self.path)
         self.fd = os.fdopen(raw_fd, 'w+b')
-        file_stat = os.stat(self.path)
-        new_mode = normalize_file_permissions(file_stat.st_mode)
-        os.chmod(self.path, new_mode)
         self.gz = gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=self.fd, mode='wb', mtime=self.timestamp)
         self.tf = tarfile.TarFile(fileobj=self.gz, mode='w', format=tarfile.PAX_FORMAT)
         self.gettarinfo = lambda *args, **kwargs: self.normalize_tar_metadata(self.tf.gettarinfo(*args, **kwargs))
diff --git a/backend/src/hatchling/builders/utils.py b/backend/src/hatchling/builders/utils.py
index fceb06cef..6b5949125 100644
--- a/backend/src/hatchling/builders/utils.py
+++ b/backend/src/hatchling/builders/utils.py
@@ -110,6 +110,15 @@ def normalize_file_permissions(st_mode: int) -> int:
     return new_mode
 
 
+def normalize_artifact_permissions(path: str) -> None:
+    """
+    Normalize the permission bits for artifacts
+    """
+    file_stat = os.stat(path)
+    new_mode = normalize_file_permissions(file_stat.st_mode)
+    os.chmod(path, new_mode)
+
+
 def set_zip_info_mode(zip_info: ZipInfo, mode: int = 0o644) -> None:
     """
     https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/v3.12.3/Lib/zipfile/__init__.py#L574
diff --git a/backend/src/hatchling/builders/wheel.py b/backend/src/hatchling/builders/wheel.py
index f7bf77049..7292b215f 100644
--- a/backend/src/hatchling/builders/wheel.py
+++ b/backend/src/hatchling/builders/wheel.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     get_known_python_major_versions,
     get_reproducible_timestamp,
     normalize_archive_path,
+    normalize_artifact_permissions,
     normalize_file_permissions,
     normalize_inclusion_map,
     replace_file,
@@ -79,9 +80,7 @@ def __init__(self, project_id: str, *, reproducible: bool) -> None:
             self.time_tuple = None
 
         raw_fd, self.path = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix='.whl')
-        file_stat = os.stat(self.path)
-        new_mode = normalize_file_permissions(file_stat.st_mode)
-        os.chmod(self.path, new_mode)
+        normalize_artifact_permissions(self.path)
         self.fd = os.fdopen(raw_fd, 'w+b')
         self.zf = zipfile.ZipFile(self.fd, 'w', compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
 
diff --git a/tests/backend/builders/test_sdist.py b/tests/backend/builders/test_sdist.py
index 387d1f857..8341db1c8 100644
--- a/tests/backend/builders/test_sdist.py
+++ b/tests/backend/builders/test_sdist.py
@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ def test_no_strict_naming(self, hatch, helpers, temp_dir, config_file):
         stat = os.stat(str(extraction_directory / builder.artifact_project_id / 'PKG-INFO'))
         assert stat.st_mtime == get_reproducible_timestamp()
 
-    def test_file_permissions_normalized(self, hatch, helpers, temp_dir, config_file):
+    def test_file_permissions_normalized(self, hatch, temp_dir, config_file):
         config_file.model.template.plugins['default']['src-layout'] = False
         config_file.save()
 
diff --git a/tests/helpers/templates/wheel/utils.py b/tests/helpers/templates/wheel/utils.py
index 42d5c04fc..35e355bc5 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/templates/wheel/utils.py
+++ b/tests/helpers/templates/wheel/utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import hashlib
 import os
+import tempfile
 
-from hatchling.builders.utils import format_file_hash
+from hatchling.builders.utils import format_file_hash, normalize_artifact_permissions
 
 
 def update_record_file_contents(record_file, files, generated_files=()):
@@ -42,3 +43,18 @@ def update_record_file_contents(record_file, files, generated_files=()):
         record_file.contents += f'{template_file.path.as_posix()},sha256={hash_digest},{len(raw_contents)}\n'
 
     record_file.contents += f'{record_file.path.as_posix()},,\n'
+
+
+def test_normalize_artifact_permissions():
+    """
+    assert that this func does what we expect on a tmpfile that that starts at 600
+    """
+    _, path = tempfile.mkstemp()
+
+    file_stat = os.stat(path)
+    assert file_stat.st_mode == 0o100600
+
+    normalize_artifact_permissions(path)
+
+    file_stat = os.stat(path)
+    assert file_stat.st_mode == 0o100644