diff --git a/tests/model/test_save.py b/tests/model/test_save.py
index a8038eb..c457d67 100644
--- a/tests/model/test_save.py
+++ b/tests/model/test_save.py
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ def test_save_replaces_symlink_instead_of_following_it(self):
         target = os.path.join(self.temp_dir, "elsewhere.txt")
         with open(target, "wb") as f:
             f.write(b"keep")
-        os.symlink(target, self.save_path)
+        try:
+            os.symlink(target, self.save_path)
+        except OSError as e:
+            self.skipTest(f"symlink creation not permitted here: {e}")
 
         model = Model()
         model.add(Dense(self.NUM_FEATURES, 4))
@@ -418,4 +421,4 @@ def test_save_partial_configuration_with_fused_loss_and_adamw(self):
 
         # Accuracy omitted
         self.assertIsNone(compile_cfg["accuracy"])
-base_case.register_test_suites(globals(), TestModelSaveBase)
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+base_case.register_test_suites(globals(), TestModelSaveBase)