diff --git a/roles/restore_backups/molecule/restore/playbook.yml b/roles/restore_backups/molecule/restore/playbook.yml
index d174e48..3e4272c 100644
--- a/roles/restore_backups/molecule/restore/playbook.yml
+++ b/roles/restore_backups/molecule/restore/playbook.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
   vars:
     atl_backup_manifest_url: 's3://dcd-slingshot-test/dummy_manifest.json'
     atl_product_user: 'jira'
+    atl_product_edition: 'jira-software'
+    atl_product_version_cache: "{{ atl_product_home_shared }}/{{ atl_product_edition }}.version"
     atl_product_user_uid: '2001'
     atl_backup_home_restore_canary_path: '/tmp/canary.tmp'
     atl_product_home_shared: '/media/atl/jira/shared'
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@
 
     test_archive_source: '/tmp/hello'
     test_archive_file: 'hello.txt'
+    test_product_version_file: "/tmp/{{ atl_product_edition }}.version"
     test_archive: '/tmp/hello.tar.gz'
     test_pre_step_prefix: '[PRE-TEST]'
 
@@ -47,9 +50,16 @@
             create: yes
             line: 'Hello, world!'
             path: "{{ test_archive_source }}/{{ test_archive_file }}"
+        - name: "{{ test_pre_step_prefix }} Create the version file in the shared home"
+          lineinfile:
+            create: yes
+            line: '8.5'
+            path: "{{ test_product_version_file }}"
         - name: "{{ test_pre_step_prefix }} Archive the shared home"
           archive:
-            path: "{{ test_archive_source }}"
+            path:
+              - "{{ test_archive_source }}"
+              - "{{ test_product_version_file }}"
             dest: "{{ test_archive }}"
             owner: "{{ atl_product_user }}"
 
diff --git a/roles/restore_backups/molecule/restore/tests/test_default.py b/roles/restore_backups/molecule/restore/tests/test_default.py
index f8ab676..98af566 100644
--- a/roles/restore_backups/molecule/restore/tests/test_default.py
+++ b/roles/restore_backups/molecule/restore/tests/test_default.py
@@ -27,4 +27,9 @@ def test_postgresql_version(host):
 def test_shared_home_owner(host, file):
     assert host.file(file).exists
     assert host.file(file).user == 'jira'
-    assert host.file(file).group == 'jira'
\ No newline at end of file
+    assert host.file(file).group == 'jira'
+
+def test_version_file_owned_by_root(host):
+    assert host.file('/media/atl/jira/shared/jira-software.version').exists
+    assert host.file('/media/atl/jira/shared/jira-software.version').user == 'root'
+    assert host.file('/media/atl/jira/shared/jira-software.version').group == 'root'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/restore_backups/tasks/home_restore.yml b/roles/restore_backups/tasks/home_restore.yml
index 2a9fa1f..c3cb081 100644
--- a/roles/restore_backups/tasks/home_restore.yml
+++ b/roles/restore_backups/tasks/home_restore.yml
@@ -20,14 +20,23 @@
         dest: "{{ atl_product_home_shared }}"
         mode: 0640
 
-    - name: Set shared home file owner to application user
+    - name: Set shared home owner and group to application user
       file:
         path: "{{ atl_product_home_shared }}"
         recurse: yes
         group: "{{ atl_product_user }}"
+        owner: "{{ atl_product_user }}"
         state: directory
         mode: 0640
-        owner: "{{ atl_product_user }}"
+
+    - name: Set version file owner and group to root
+      file:
+        path: "{{ atl_product_version_cache }}"
+        group: root
+        owner: root
+        state: file
+      # Ignore the error in case there is no product version file in the backup
+      ignore_errors: yes
 
     - name: Create restore-canary if necessary
       copy: