diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/tests/sshd.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/tests/sshd.py
index d40b06568..edd84d0c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/tests/sshd.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/tests/sshd.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class SshdConfig:
 def sshd_config(test_root: Path) -> Iterator[SshdConfig]:
     # FIXME, if any parent of the sshd directory is world-writable then sshd will refuse it.
     # we use .direnv instead since it's already in .gitignore
-    with TemporaryDirectory(prefix="sshd-") as _dir:
+    with TemporaryDirectory(prefix="sshd-", ignore_cleanup_errors=True) as _dir:
         tmpdir = Path(_dir)
         host_key = test_root / "data" / "ssh_host_ed25519_key"
         host_key.chmod(0o600)