diff --git a/tests/ci/validate-agents-tools.test.js b/tests/ci/validate-agents-tools.test.js
index d2f276281..13742459b 100644
--- a/tests/ci/validate-agents-tools.test.js
+++ b/tests/ci/validate-agents-tools.test.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function runSourceViaTempFile(source) {
       stderr: err.stderr || '',
     };
   } finally {
-    try { fs.unlinkSync(tmpFile); } catch (_) { /* ignore cleanup errors */ }
+    fs.rmSync(tmpFile, { force: true });
   }
 }