diff --git a/src/bin/pg_probackup/backup.cpp b/src/bin/pg_probackup/backup.cpp
index 59a7147631001c67b2fe68c99fd40c42f54feddc..30aec1c9c1a6e634d55f1ebde95080d1e15c2cb3 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_probackup/backup.cpp
+++ b/src/bin/pg_probackup/backup.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ static ReaderCxt *current_reader_cxt = NULL;
 /* We need critical section for datapagemap_add() in case of using threads */
 static pthread_mutex_t backup_pagemap_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
+#define GS_SECURE_FILES_VERSION_CFG "gs_secure_files/version.cfg"
+
 /*
  * We need to wait end of WAL streaming before execute pg_stop_backup().
  */
@@ -654,8 +656,21 @@ static void sync_files(parray *database_map, const char *database_path, parray *
             else
                 join_path_components(to_fullpath, database_path, file->rel_path);
 
-            if (fio_sync(to_fullpath, FIO_BACKUP_HOST) != 0)
-                elog(ERROR, "Cannot sync file \"%s\": %s", to_fullpath, strerror(errno));
+            if (fio_sync(to_fullpath, FIO_BACKUP_HOST) != 0) {
+                /* Handling the file permission issue for gs_secure_files/version.cfg */
+                if (strstr(to_fullpath, GS_SECURE_FILES_VERSION_CFG)) {
+                    mode_t permissions = file->mode & 0777;
+                    (void)chmod(to_fullpath, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
+                    
+                    if (fio_sync(to_fullpath, FIO_BACKUP_HOST) != 0) {
+                        (void)chmod(to_fullpath, permissions);
+                        elog(ERROR, "Cannot sync file \"%s\": %s", to_fullpath, strerror(errno));
+                    }
+                    (void)chmod(to_fullpath, permissions);
+                } else {
+                    elog(ERROR, "Cannot sync file \"%s\": %s", to_fullpath, strerror(errno));
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         time(&end_time);