diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c71eda6..bf672ca 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ BINARY_NAME=logcorrelator
 DIST_DIR=dist
 
 # Package version
-PKG_VERSION ?= 1.1.4
+PKG_VERSION ?= 1.1.5
 
 ## build: Build the logcorrelator binary locally
 build:
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/logcorrelator.spec b/packaging/rpm/logcorrelator.spec
index 42ae785..bf8c071 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/logcorrelator.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/logcorrelator.spec
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ chown -R logcorrelator:logcorrelator /etc/logcorrelator
 # Set permissions
 chmod 750 /var/lib/logcorrelator
 chmod 750 /var/log/logcorrelator
+chmod 755 /var/run/logcorrelator
 chmod 750 /etc/logcorrelator
 
 # Copy default config if not exists
@@ -120,6 +121,9 @@ fi
 /etc/logrotate.d/logcorrelator
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 02 2026 logcorrelator <dev@example.com> - 1.1.5-1
+- Fix: Set correct permissions (755) on /var/run/logcorrelator in RPM post-install
+
 * Mon Mar 02 2026 logcorrelator <dev@example.com> - 1.1.4-1
 - Fix: Log raw JSON data on parse errors for debugging