diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index be977a48c7..2a28448a30 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 
+3.3.0-dev.202 | 2020-08-26 10:59:59 -0700
+
+  * GH-1145: Have mkdir in ensure_dir respect umask. (Vlad Grigorescu)
+
+    This also aligns with the mkdir BIF.
+
 3.3.0-dev.200 | 2020-08-25 19:47:02 -0700
 
   * Update plugin btests for namespace changes (Tim Wojtulewicz, Corelight)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 65e9d1a7e2..83e93d0b7a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.3.0-dev.200
+3.3.0-dev.202
diff --git a/src/util.cc b/src/util.cc
index f83d0c9688..fe39f9be9c 100644
--- a/src/util.cc
+++ b/src/util.cc
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ bool ensure_intermediate_dirs(const char* dirname)
 
 bool ensure_dir(const char *dirname)
 	{
-	if ( mkdir(dirname, 0700) == 0 )
+	if ( mkdir(dirname, 0777) == 0 )
 		return true;
 
 	auto mkdir_errno = errno;