diff --git a/SPECS/texinfo.spec b/SPECS/texinfo.spec
index 6c68aad..8d27bdb 100644
--- a/SPECS/texinfo.spec
+++ b/SPECS/texinfo.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: Tools needed to create Texinfo format documentation files
 Name: texinfo
 Version: 6.5
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Release: 6%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 Url: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
 Source0: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-%{version}.tar.xz
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export ALL_TESTS=yes
 %{_mandir}/man5/info.5*
 %{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d/macros.info
 %ghost %{_infodir}/dir
-%ghost %{_infodir}/dir.old
+%ghost %attr(644, root, root) %{_infodir}/dir.old
 
 %files tex
 %{_bindir}/texindex
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ export ALL_TESTS=yes
 %{_mandir}/man1/pdftexi2dvi.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 09 2020 Vitezslav Crhonek <vcrhonek@redhat.com> - 6.5-6
+- Fix file mode for dir.old (fixes failing rpm -V info)
+  Related: #1708912
+
 * Thu Dec 12 2019 Vitezslav Crhonek <vcrhonek@redhat.com> - 6.5-5
 - Rebuild
   Resolves: #1708912