diff --git a/employee_documents_expiry/models/employee_documents.py b/employee_documents_expiry/models/employee_documents.py
index 0ceeff29b..4fb243500 100644
--- a/employee_documents_expiry/models/employee_documents.py
+++ b/employee_documents_expiry/models/employee_documents.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class HrEmployee(models.Model):
             'context': {'default_employee_ref': self.id}
         }
 
-    document_count = fields.Integer(compute='_document_count', string='# Documents')
+    document_count = fields.Integer(compute='_document_count', string='# Documents', groups='hr.group_hr_user')
 
 
 class HrEmployeeAttachment(models.Model):