diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 034688e43..8313c1b59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -298,6 +298,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "Cargo test"
         working-directory: ${{ env.UV_WORKSPACE }}
+        env:
+          # Avoid permission errors during concurrent tests
+          # See https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/6940
+          UV_LINK_MODE: copy
         run: |
           cargo nextest run --no-default-features --features python,pypi --workspace --status-level skip --failure-output immediate-final --no-fail-fast -j 20 --final-status-level slow
 
diff --git a/crates/uv/tests/it/common/mod.rs b/crates/uv/tests/it/common/mod.rs
index 229a1e71a..b744c1a15 100644
--- a/crates/uv/tests/it/common/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/tests/it/common/mod.rs
@@ -299,6 +299,12 @@ impl TestContext {
 
         let mut filters = Vec::new();
 
+        // Exclude `link-mode` on Windows since we set it in the remote test suite
+        if cfg!(windows) {
+            filters.push(("--link-mode <LINK_MODE> ".to_string(), String::new()));
+            filters.push(((r#"link-mode = "copy"\n"#).to_string(), String::new()));
+        }
+
         filters.extend(
             Self::path_patterns(&cache_dir)
                 .into_iter()
diff --git a/crates/uv/tests/it/edit.rs b/crates/uv/tests/it/edit.rs
index 94607c904..0100cdd06 100644
--- a/crates/uv/tests/it/edit.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/tests/it/edit.rs
@@ -3383,7 +3383,7 @@ fn add_reject_multiple_git_ref_flags() {
     let context = TestContext::new("3.12");
 
     // --tag and --branch
-    uv_snapshot!(context
+    uv_snapshot!(context.filters(), context
         .add()
         .arg("foo")
         .arg("--tag")
@@ -3404,7 +3404,7 @@ fn add_reject_multiple_git_ref_flags() {
     );
 
     // --tag and --rev
-    uv_snapshot!(context
+    uv_snapshot!(context.filters(), context
         .add()
         .arg("foo")
         .arg("--tag")
@@ -3425,7 +3425,7 @@ fn add_reject_multiple_git_ref_flags() {
     );
 
     // --tag and --tag
-    uv_snapshot!(context
+    uv_snapshot!(context.filters(), context
         .add()
         .arg("foo")
         .arg("--tag")