diff --git a/Release.toml b/Release.toml
index c8850bd759a..14699c4316f 100644
--- a/Release.toml
+++ b/Release.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version = "1.24.1"
+version = "1.25.0"
 
 [migrations]
 "(0.3.1, 0.3.2)" = ["migrate_v0.3.2_admin-container-v0-5-0.lz4"]
@@ -357,3 +357,6 @@ version = "1.24.1"
     "migrate_v1.24.1_aws-control-container-v0-7-16.lz4",
     "migrate_v1.24.1_public-control-container-v0-7-16.lz4",
 ]
+"(1.24.1, 1.25.0)" = [
+    "migrate_v1.25.0_kubernetes-service-config.lz4",
+]
diff --git a/sources/Cargo.lock b/sources/Cargo.lock
index 1b88727775f..f57b223fd0b 100644
--- a/sources/Cargo.lock
+++ b/sources/Cargo.lock
@@ -1303,6 +1303,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "migration-helpers",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "kubernetes-service-config"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "migration-helpers",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
diff --git a/sources/Cargo.toml b/sources/Cargo.toml
index 91e50f55257..daa67445750 100644
--- a/sources/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sources/Cargo.toml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ members = [
     "settings-migrations/v1.24.1/public-admin-container-v0-11-12",
     "settings-migrations/v1.24.1/aws-control-container-v0-7-16",
     "settings-migrations/v1.24.1/public-control-container-v0-7-16",
+    "settings-migrations/v1.25.0/kubernetes-service-config",
 
     "settings-plugins/aws-dev",
     "settings-plugins/aws-ecs-1",
diff --git a/sources/settings-migrations/v1.25.0/kubernetes-service-config/Cargo.toml b/sources/settings-migrations/v1.25.0/kubernetes-service-config/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3bf26771847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/settings-migrations/v1.25.0/kubernetes-service-config/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[package]
+name = "kubernetes-service-config"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Sparks Song <shijiao@amazon.com>"]
+license = "Apache-2.0 OR MIT"
+edition = "2021"
+publish = false
+# Don't rebuild crate just because of changes to README.
+exclude = ["README.md"]
+
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+migration-helpers.workspace = true
diff --git a/sources/settings-migrations/v1.25.0/kubernetes-service-config/src/main.rs b/sources/settings-migrations/v1.25.0/kubernetes-service-config/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3622e45a3e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/settings-migrations/v1.25.0/kubernetes-service-config/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+use migration_helpers::common_migrations::ReplaceStringMigration;
+use migration_helpers::{migrate, Result};
+use std::process;
+
+const OLD_MODE: &str = "0600";
+const NEW_MODE: &str = "0644";
+
+/// We changed the version of configuration mode
+fn run() -> Result<()> {
+    migrate(ReplaceStringMigration {
+        setting: "configuration-files.kubelet-exec-start-conf.mode",
+        old_val: OLD_MODE,
+        new_val: NEW_MODE,
+    })
+}
+
+// Returning a Result from main makes it print a Debug representation of the error, but with Snafu
+// we have nice Display representations of the error, so we wrap "main" (run) and print any error.
+// https://github.com/shepmaster/snafu/issues/110
+fn main() {
+    if let Err(e) = run() {
+        eprintln!("{}", e);
+        process::exit(1);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sources/shared-defaults/kubernetes-services.toml b/sources/shared-defaults/kubernetes-services.toml
index fd206df1bb0..43a8aec27d2 100644
--- a/sources/shared-defaults/kubernetes-services.toml
+++ b/sources/shared-defaults/kubernetes-services.toml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ template-path = "/usr/share/templates/kubelet-server-key"
 [configuration-files.kubelet-exec-start-conf]
 path = "/etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d/exec-start.conf"
 template-path = "/usr/share/templates/kubelet-exec-start-conf"
-mode = "0600"
+mode = "0644"
 
 [configuration-files.credential-provider-config-yaml]
 path = "/etc/kubernetes/kubelet/credential-provider-config.yaml"