diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 71ad6465bef7b..d855c23ec845d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 ### Deprecated
 
 ### Removed
+- Remove spurious SGID bit on directories ([#9447](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/9447))
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fix ignore_missing parameter has no effect when using template snippet in rename ingest processor ([#9725](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/9725))
diff --git a/distribution/packages/build.gradle b/distribution/packages/build.gradle
index 8ccb6d398bac7..394d47639fb0a 100644
--- a/distribution/packages/build.gradle
+++ b/distribution/packages/build.gradle
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Closure commonPackageConfig(String type, boolean jdk, String architecture) {
     configurationFile '/etc/opensearch/jvm.options'
     configurationFile '/etc/opensearch/log4j2.properties'
     from("${packagingFiles}") {
-      dirMode 02750
+      dirMode 0750
       into('/etc')
       permissionGroup 'opensearch'
       includeEmptyDirs true
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ Closure commonPackageConfig(String type, boolean jdk, String architecture) {
     }
     from("${packagingFiles}/etc/opensearch") {
       into('/etc/opensearch')
-      dirMode 02750
+      dirMode 0750
       fileMode 0660
       permissionGroup 'opensearch'
       includeEmptyDirs true
@@ -281,8 +281,8 @@ Closure commonPackageConfig(String type, boolean jdk, String architecture) {
         dirMode mode
       }
     }
-    copyEmptyDir('/var/log/opensearch', 'opensearch', 'opensearch', 02750)
-    copyEmptyDir('/var/lib/opensearch', 'opensearch', 'opensearch', 02750)
+    copyEmptyDir('/var/log/opensearch', 'opensearch', 'opensearch', 0750)
+    copyEmptyDir('/var/lib/opensearch', 'opensearch', 'opensearch', 0750)
     copyEmptyDir('/usr/share/opensearch/plugins', 'root', 'root', 0755)
 
     into '/usr/share/opensearch'
diff --git a/distribution/packages/src/deb/lintian/opensearch b/distribution/packages/src/deb/lintian/opensearch
index 854b23131ecbc..e6db8e8c6b322 100644
--- a/distribution/packages/src/deb/lintian/opensearch
+++ b/distribution/packages/src/deb/lintian/opensearch
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ missing-dep-on-jarwrapper
 
 # we prefer to not make our config and log files world readable
 non-standard-file-perm etc/default/opensearch 0660 != 0644
-non-standard-dir-perm etc/opensearch/ 2750 != 0755
-non-standard-dir-perm etc/opensearch/jvm.options.d/ 2750 != 0755
+non-standard-dir-perm etc/opensearch/ 0750 != 0755
+non-standard-dir-perm etc/opensearch/jvm.options.d/ 0750 != 0755
 non-standard-file-perm etc/opensearch/*
-non-standard-dir-perm var/lib/opensearch/ 2750 != 0755
-non-standard-dir-perm var/log/opensearch/ 2750 != 0755
+non-standard-dir-perm var/lib/opensearch/ 0750 != 0755
+non-standard-dir-perm var/log/opensearch/ 0750 != 0755
 executable-is-not-world-readable etc/init.d/opensearch 0750
 non-standard-file-permissions-for-etc-init.d-script etc/init.d/opensearch 0750 != 0755
 
diff --git a/qa/os/src/test/java/org/opensearch/packaging/util/Packages.java b/qa/os/src/test/java/org/opensearch/packaging/util/Packages.java
index b80ae422bda9a..e9ebf28042b46 100644
--- a/qa/os/src/test/java/org/opensearch/packaging/util/Packages.java
+++ b/qa/os/src/test/java/org/opensearch/packaging/util/Packages.java
@@ -194,11 +194,11 @@ private static void verifyInstallation(Installation opensearch, Distribution dis
 
         // we shell out here because java's posix file permission view doesn't support special modes
         assertThat(opensearch.config, file(Directory, "root", "opensearch", p750));
-        assertThat(sh.run("find \"" + opensearch.config + "\" -maxdepth 0 -printf \"%m\"").stdout, containsString("2750"));
+        assertThat(sh.run("find \"" + opensearch.config + "\" -maxdepth 0 -printf \"%m\"").stdout, containsString("750"));
 
         final Path jvmOptionsDirectory = opensearch.config.resolve("jvm.options.d");
         assertThat(jvmOptionsDirectory, file(Directory, "root", "opensearch", p750));
-        assertThat(sh.run("find \"" + jvmOptionsDirectory + "\" -maxdepth 0 -printf \"%m\"").stdout, containsString("2750"));
+        assertThat(sh.run("find \"" + jvmOptionsDirectory + "\" -maxdepth 0 -printf \"%m\"").stdout, containsString("750"));
 
         Stream.of("opensearch.keystore", "opensearch.yml", "jvm.options", "log4j2.properties")
             .forEach(configFile -> assertThat(opensearch.config(configFile), file(File, "root", "opensearch", p660)));