diff --git a/apparmor.d/groups/kde/plasmashell b/apparmor.d/groups/kde/plasmashell
index 9588e4131..ec5d56109 100644
--- a/apparmor.d/groups/kde/plasmashell
+++ b/apparmor.d/groups/kde/plasmashell
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ profile plasmashell @{exec_path} {
   owner @{user_templates_dirs}/ r,
 
   owner @{user_cache_dirs}/ r,
-  owner @{user_cache_dirs}/#[0-9]* rw,
+  owner @{user_cache_dirs}/#[0-9]* rwk,
   owner @{user_cache_dirs}/event-sound-cache.tdb.*.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu rwk,
   owner @{user_cache_dirs}/icon-cache.kcache rw,
   owner @{user_cache_dirs}/ksycoca5_* r,
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ profile plasmashell @{exec_path} {
   owner @{user_cache_dirs}/plasmashell/qmlcache/{,**} rwl,
 
   owner @{user_config_dirs}/*kde*.desktop* r,
-  owner @{user_config_dirs}/#[0-9]* rw,
+  owner @{user_config_dirs}/#[0-9]* rwk,
   owner @{user_config_dirs}/akonadi-firstrunrc r,
   owner @{user_config_dirs}/akonadi/akonadiconnectionrc r,
   owner @{user_config_dirs}/baloofilerc r,