diff --git a/backend/windmill-common/src/worker.rs b/backend/windmill-common/src/worker.rs
index 98e22455c1..aec0527a9b 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-common/src/worker.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-common/src/worker.rs
@@ -1000,7 +1000,10 @@ pub fn write_binary_file(main_path: &str, byts: &mut bytes::Bytes) -> error::Res
     use std::fs::File;
     use std::io::Write;
 
-    let mut file = File::create(main_path)?;
+    // Write to a temp file in the same directory then atomically rename, so that
+    // concurrent readers never observe a partially-written file.
+    let tmp_path = format!("{}.tmp.{}", main_path, Uuid::new_v4());
+    let mut file = File::create(&tmp_path)?;
     file.write_all(byts)?;
     #[cfg(unix)]
     {
@@ -1009,6 +1012,11 @@ pub fn write_binary_file(main_path: &str, byts: &mut bytes::Bytes) -> error::Res
         file.set_permissions(Permissions::from_mode(0o755))?;
     }
     file.flush()?;
+    drop(file);
+    if let Err(e) = std::fs::rename(&tmp_path, main_path) {
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&tmp_path);
+        return Err(e.into());
+    }
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/backend/windmill-worker/src/global_cache.rs b/backend/windmill-worker/src/global_cache.rs
index 67a8484b82..6dd6429309 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-worker/src/global_cache.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-worker/src/global_cache.rs
@@ -273,7 +273,14 @@ pub async fn save_cache(
                 &PathBuf::from(local_cache_path),
             )?;
         } else {
-            std::fs::copy(origin, local_cache_path)?;
+            // Copy to a temp file in the same directory then atomically rename, so that
+            // a concurrent `load_cache` never sees a partially-written file via metadata().
+            let tmp_path = format!("{}.tmp.{}", local_cache_path, uuid::Uuid::new_v4());
+            std::fs::copy(origin, &tmp_path)?;
+            if let Err(e) = std::fs::rename(&tmp_path, local_cache_path) {
+                let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&tmp_path);
+                return Err(e.into());
+            }
         }
         Ok(format!(
             "\nwrote cached binary: {} (backed by EE distributed object store: {_cached_to_s3})\n",