diff --git a/src/specify_cli/events.py b/src/specify_cli/events.py
index d3002fe805..aec830700b 100644
--- a/src/specify_cli/events.py
+++ b/src/specify_cli/events.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import sys
 import subprocess
 import platform
+import tempfile
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
@@ -1727,7 +1728,19 @@ def _merge_toml_fragment(dst: Path, fragment: str) -> None:
         flags=re.DOTALL,
     )
     dst.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    dst.write_text(existing.rstrip() + "\n\n" + fragment + "\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    fd, tmp = tempfile.mkstemp(
+        dir=str(dst.parent), prefix=f".{dst.name}.", suffix=".tmp"
+    )
+    try:
+        with os.fdopen(fd, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            f.write(existing.rstrip() + "\n\n" + fragment + "\n")
+        os.replace(tmp, dst)
+    except BaseException:
+        try:
+            os.unlink(tmp)
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+        raise
 
 
 def _remove_toml_entries(dst: Path) -> bool:
@@ -1757,7 +1770,19 @@ def _remove_toml_entries(dst: Path) -> bool:
     if not stripped:
         dst.unlink(missing_ok=True)
         return True
-    dst.write_text(cleaned, encoding="utf-8")
+    fd, tmp = tempfile.mkstemp(
+        dir=str(dst.parent), prefix=f".{dst.name}.", suffix=".tmp"
+    )
+    try:
+        with os.fdopen(fd, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            f.write(cleaned)
+        os.replace(tmp, dst)
+    except BaseException:
+        try:
+            os.unlink(tmp)
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+        raise
     return False