diff --git a/dev-tools/packaging/package_test.go b/dev-tools/packaging/package_test.go
index 87889737716..41104997df1 100644
--- a/dev-tools/packaging/package_test.go
+++ b/dev-tools/packaging/package_test.go
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ func readTarContents(tarName string, data io.Reader) (*packageFile, error) {
 			File: header.Name,
 			UID:  header.Uid,
 			GID:  header.Gid,
-			Mode: os.FileMode(header.Mode),
+			Mode: os.FileMode(header.Mode), //nolint:gosec // Reason: header.Mode should never overflow from int64 -> uint32
 		}
 	}