diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 68c886a..da709e8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "rda_python_common"
-version = "2.0.4"
+version = "2.0.5"
 authors = [
   { name="Zaihua Ji", email="zji@ucar.edu" },
 ]
diff --git a/src/rda_python_common/PgFile.py b/src/rda_python_common/PgFile.py
index 0c0f471..9f58fa9 100644
--- a/src/rda_python_common/PgFile.py
+++ b/src/rda_python_common/PgFile.py
@@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ def change_local_group(file, ngrp = None, ogrp = None, logname = None, logact =
    if not ngrp:
       ngid = PgLOG.PGLOG['GDEXGID']
    else:
-      ngid = grp.getgrnam[ngrp].gr_gid
+      ngid = grp.getgrnam(ngrp).gr_gid
    if logact and logact&PgLOG.EXITLG: logact &=~PgLOG.EXITLG
    if not (ogrp and logname):
       info = check_local_file(file, 10, logact)
diff --git a/src/rda_python_common/pg_file.py b/src/rda_python_common/pg_file.py
index 93e13d9..e1ae018 100644
--- a/src/rda_python_common/pg_file.py
+++ b/src/rda_python_common/pg_file.py
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ def change_local_group(self, file, ngrp = None, ogrp = None, logname = None, log
       if not ngrp:
          ngid = self.PGLOG['GDEXGID']
       else:
-         ngid = grp.getgrnam[ngrp].gr_gid
+         ngid = grp.getgrnam(ngrp).gr_gid
       if logact and logact&self.EXITLG: logact &=~self.EXITLG
       if not (ogrp and logname):
          info = self.check_local_file(file, 10, logact)