diff --git a/format/format.go b/format/format.go
index e276be0e6..0e02dd55b 100644
--- a/format/format.go
+++ b/format/format.go
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ func (f *Format) format(path string) error {
 }
 
 func write(path string, contents []byte) error {
+	originalFileInfo, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	f, err := os.CreateTemp(filepath.Dir(path), filepath.Base(path))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -113,5 +117,8 @@ func write(path string, contents []byte) error {
 	if err := f.Close(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if err := os.Chmod(f.Name(), originalFileInfo.Mode()); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	return os.Rename(f.Name(), path)
 }
diff --git a/format/format_test.go b/format/format_test.go
index 152f6124a..7670e7248 100644
--- a/format/format_test.go
+++ b/format/format_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,19 @@ func TestFormat_Format(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, fx.isFormatted("api/api.go"))
 }
 
+func TestFormat_PermissionsPreserved(t *testing.T) {
+	fx := setup(t)
+
+	originalFileInfo, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(fx.basedir, "main.go"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	assert.NoError(t, New().Build(&Config{SearchDir: fx.basedir}))
+	assert.True(t, permissionsEqual(t, filepath.Join(fx.basedir, "main.go"), originalFileInfo.Mode()))
+	assert.True(t, permissionsEqual(t, filepath.Join(fx.basedir, "api/api.go"), originalFileInfo.Mode()))
+}
+
 func TestFormat_ExcludeDir(t *testing.T) {
 	fx := setup(t)
 	assert.NoError(t, New().Build(&Config{
@@ -96,6 +109,14 @@ func (fx *fixture) isFormatted(file string) bool {
 	return !bytes.Equal(testFiles[file], contents)
 }
 
+func permissionsEqual(t *testing.T, path string, expectedMode os.FileMode) bool {
+	fileInfo, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return expectedMode == fileInfo.Mode()
+}
+
 var testFiles = map[string][]byte{
 	"api/api.go": []byte(`package api