diff --git a/src/pdm/installers/installers.py b/src/pdm/installers/installers.py
index 526e2cad5d..7f6eeb9633 100644
--- a/src/pdm/installers/installers.py
+++ b/src/pdm/installers/installers.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from installer.sources import WheelFile as _WheelFile
 
 from pdm.models.cached_package import CachedPackage
+from pdm.utils import make_file_executable
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from typing import Any, BinaryIO, Iterable, Literal
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ def __init__(
 
     def write_to_fs(self, scheme: Scheme, path: str, stream: BinaryIO, is_executable: bool) -> RecordEntry:
         from installer.records import Hash
-        from installer.utils import copyfileobj_with_hashing, make_file_executable
+        from installer.utils import copyfileobj_with_hashing
 
         target_path = os.path.join(self.scheme_dict[scheme], path)
         if os.path.exists(target_path):
diff --git a/src/pdm/models/caches.py b/src/pdm/models/caches.py
index 6929969b64..93de674fea 100644
--- a/src/pdm/models/caches.py
+++ b/src/pdm/models/caches.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from pdm.models.candidates import Candidate
 from pdm.models.markers import EnvSpec
 from pdm.termui import logger
-from pdm.utils import atomic_open_for_write, create_tracked_tempdir
+from pdm.utils import atomic_open_for_write, create_tracked_tempdir, make_file_executable
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from httpx import Client
@@ -278,8 +278,6 @@ def cache_wheel(self, wheel: Path) -> CachedPackage:
         """Create a CachedPackage instance from a wheel file"""
         import zipfile
 
-        from installer.utils import make_file_executable
-
         dest = self.root.joinpath(f"{wheel.name}.cache")
         pkg = CachedPackage(dest, original_wheel=wheel)
         if dest.exists():
diff --git a/src/pdm/utils.py b/src/pdm/utils.py
index d321f2620a..6aae96c59c 100644
--- a/src/pdm/utils.py
+++ b/src/pdm/utils.py
@@ -605,3 +605,9 @@ def hide_url(url: str) -> HiddenText:
     netloc = f"*****@{netloc}"
     redacted = parse.urlunsplit((parsed.scheme, netloc, parsed.path, parsed.query, parsed.fragment))
     return HiddenText(url, redacted)
+
+
+def make_file_executable(path: str | Path) -> None:
+    """Make the file at the provided path executable."""
+    path_ = Path(path)
+    path_.chmod(path_.stat().st_mode | 0o111)