diff --git a/docs/ops.markdown b/docs/ops.markdown
index 304499684..dbe780b90 100644
--- a/docs/ops.markdown
+++ b/docs/ops.markdown
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ The opcodes are grouped into the following categories:
 
 [chdir](#chdir) |
 [chmod](#chmod) |
+[chown](#chown) |
 [closedir](#closedir) |
 [copy](#copy) |
 [cwd](#cwd) |
@@ -1519,6 +1520,12 @@ Change the working directory to the given path.
 Change the permissions of `$path` to the posix style permissions of `$mode`.
 Returns 0 on success, throws an exception on failure.
 
+## chown
+* `chown(str $path, int $uid, int $gid --> int)`
+
+Change the owner or group of the path.
+Throws an exception on failure.
+
 ## closedir
 * `closedir(Handle $)`
 
diff --git a/src/vm/js/Operations.nqp b/src/vm/js/Operations.nqp
index c7bf822ab..668c56403 100644
--- a/src/vm/js/Operations.nqp
+++ b/src/vm/js/Operations.nqp
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ class QAST::OperationsJS {
     add_simple_op('mkdir', $T_VOID, [$T_STR, $T_INT], :side_effects);
 
     add_simple_op('chmod', $T_VOID, [$T_STR, $T_INT], :side_effects);
+    add_simple_op('chown', $T_VOID, [$T_STR, $T_INT, $T_INT], :side_effects);
 
     add_simple_op('getenvhash', $T_OBJ, [], :side_effects);
     add_simple_op('getsignals', $T_OBJ, [], :side_effects, :takes_hll);
diff --git a/src/vm/js/nqp-runtime/io.js b/src/vm/js/nqp-runtime/io.js
index c1d7770bb..9a4ee2d6d 100644
--- a/src/vm/js/nqp-runtime/io.js
+++ b/src/vm/js/nqp-runtime/io.js
@@ -479,6 +479,10 @@ op.chmod = function(path, mode) {
   return fs.chmodSync(path, mode);
 };
 
+op.chown = function(path, uid, gid) {
+  return fs.chownSync(path, uid, gid);
+};
+
 op.sleep = function(seconds) {
   sleep.usleep(Math.floor(seconds * 1000000));
   return seconds;
diff --git a/src/vm/jvm/QAST/Compiler.nqp b/src/vm/jvm/QAST/Compiler.nqp
index 4c03a37fe..cff6a6fdc 100644
--- a/src/vm/jvm/QAST/Compiler.nqp
+++ b/src/vm/jvm/QAST/Compiler.nqp
@@ -2270,6 +2270,7 @@ QAST::OperationsJAST.map_classlib_core_op('filenofh', $TYPE_OPS, 'filenofh', [$R
 QAST::OperationsJAST.map_classlib_core_op('setbuffersizefh', $TYPE_OPS, 'setbuffersizefh', [$RT_OBJ, $RT_INT], $RT_OBJ, :tc);
 
 QAST::OperationsJAST.map_classlib_core_op('chmod', $TYPE_OPS, 'chmod', [$RT_STR, $RT_INT], $RT_INT, :tc);
+QAST::OperationsJAST.map_classlib_core_op('chown', $TYPE_OPS, 'chown', [$RT_STR, $RT_INT, $RT_INT], $RT_INT, :tc);
 QAST::OperationsJAST.map_classlib_core_op('unlink', $TYPE_OPS, 'unlink', [$RT_STR], $RT_INT, :tc);
 QAST::OperationsJAST.map_classlib_core_op('rmdir', $TYPE_OPS, 'rmdir', [$RT_STR], $RT_INT, :tc);
 QAST::OperationsJAST.map_classlib_core_op('cwd', $TYPE_OPS, 'cwd', [], $RT_STR);
diff --git a/src/vm/jvm/runtime/org/raku/nqp/runtime/Ops.java b/src/vm/jvm/runtime/org/raku/nqp/runtime/Ops.java
index 49dd9571b..bfe095331 100644
--- a/src/vm/jvm/runtime/org/raku/nqp/runtime/Ops.java
+++ b/src/vm/jvm/runtime/org/raku/nqp/runtime/Ops.java
@@ -870,6 +870,19 @@ public static long chmod(String path, long mode, ThreadContext tc) {
         return 0;
     }
 
+    public static long chown(String path, long uid, long gid, ThreadContext tc) {
+        Path path_o;
+        try {
+            path_o = Paths.get(path);
+            Files.setAttribute(path_o, "unix:uid", uid);
+            Files.setAttribute(path_o, "unix:gid", gid);
+        }
+        catch (Exception e) {
+            die_s(IOExceptionMessages.message(e), tc);
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     public static long unlink(String path, ThreadContext tc) {
         Path path_o = Paths.get(path);
         if (Files.isDirectory(path_o)) {
diff --git a/src/vm/moar/QAST/QASTOperationsMAST.nqp b/src/vm/moar/QAST/QASTOperationsMAST.nqp
index ac24a6c0c..46fa4e15f 100644
--- a/src/vm/moar/QAST/QASTOperationsMAST.nqp
+++ b/src/vm/moar/QAST/QASTOperationsMAST.nqp
@@ -3197,6 +3197,7 @@ my constant SIMPLE_OP_MAPPINGS_RESULT_ZERO := nqp::list_s(
     'bindsock', 'bind_sk',
     'setbuffersizefh', 'setbuffersize_fh',
     'chmod', 'chmod_f',
+    'chown', 'chown_f',
     'unlink', 'delete_f',
     'rmdir', 'rmdir',
     'chdir', 'chdir',
diff --git a/tools/templates/MOAR_REVISION b/tools/templates/MOAR_REVISION
index d369a6238..938cdfa48 100644
--- a/tools/templates/MOAR_REVISION
+++ b/tools/templates/MOAR_REVISION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2022.07-16-g3ae8a31c1
+2022.07-18-gd22223381