diff --git a/modules/gerrit/manifests/init.pp b/modules/gerrit/manifests/init.pp
index b3b8cffc0f..46a7682ca9 100644
--- a/modules/gerrit/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/modules/gerrit/manifests/init.pp
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class gerrit($vhost_name=$fqdn,
   if $ssl_key_file_contents != '' {
     file { $ssl_key_file:
       owner   => 'root',
-      group   => 'root',
+      group   => 'ssl-cert',
       mode    => '0640',
       content => $ssl_key_file_contents,
       before  => Apache::Vhost[$vhost_name],
diff --git a/modules/jenkins/manifests/master.pp b/modules/jenkins/manifests/master.pp
index 6d486e50fb..957637e645 100644
--- a/modules/jenkins/manifests/master.pp
+++ b/modules/jenkins/manifests/master.pp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class jenkins::master(
   if $ssl_key_file_contents != '' {
     file { $ssl_key_file:
       owner   => 'root',
-      group   => 'root',
+      group   => 'ssl-cert',
       mode    => '0640',
       content => $ssl_key_file_contents,
       before  => Apache::Vhost[$vhost_name],