diff --git a/tests/lint-docs-required.test.cjs b/tests/lint-docs-required.test.cjs
index adf8dc6b6..e0e7db683 100644
--- a/tests/lint-docs-required.test.cjs
+++ b/tests/lint-docs-required.test.cjs
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ describe('docs-required lint: readFragmentsFromDisk', () => {
       fs.mkdirSync(path.join(tmp, '.changeset'), { recursive: true });
       fn(tmp);
     } finally {
-      fs.rmSync(tmp, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      fs.rmSync(tmp, { recursive: true, force: true, maxRetries: 20, retryDelay: 250 });
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/lint-pr-check-project-dir.test.cjs b/tests/lint-pr-check-project-dir.test.cjs
index cae74d40e..ee84e48f2 100644
--- a/tests/lint-pr-check-project-dir.test.cjs
+++ b/tests/lint-pr-check-project-dir.test.cjs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ describe('lint-pr-check-project-dir', () => {
 
       assert.notStrictEqual(result.status, 0);
     } finally {
-      fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true, maxRetries: 20, retryDelay: 250 });
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/tests/security-scan.test.cjs b/tests/security-scan.test.cjs
index 2e96e0c30..67ec1faf9 100644
--- a/tests/security-scan.test.cjs
+++ b/tests/security-scan.test.cjs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function runScript(scriptPath, content, extraArgs) {
       stderr: err.stderr || '',
     };
   } finally {
-    fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true, maxRetries: 20, retryDelay: 250 });
   }
 }