diff --git a/tests/hermes_cli/test_tui_resume_flow.py b/tests/hermes_cli/test_tui_resume_flow.py
index d30b1bb7c838..4bcd3a6119fd 100644
--- a/tests/hermes_cli/test_tui_resume_flow.py
+++ b/tests/hermes_cli/test_tui_resume_flow.py
@@ -1684,7 +1684,11 @@ def test_launch_tui_worktree_validates_relative_python_against_final_cwd(
     relative_python = Path(".review-venv") / "bin" / Path(sys.executable).name
     python_path = worktree / relative_python
     python_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
-    os.link(sys.executable, python_path)
+    # copy2, not os.link: tmp_path may sit on a different filesystem than
+    # the venv (tmpfs /tmp vs disk home) where hard links raise EXDEV.
+    import shutil
+
+    shutil.copy2(sys.executable, python_path)
     captured = {}
 
     monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_CWD", str(parent_cwd))
diff --git a/tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py b/tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py
index 24afb5ec9bd3..404a06ae8b84 100644
--- a/tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py
+++ b/tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py
@@ -8430,7 +8430,9 @@ class TestPtyWebSocket:
         relative_python = Path(".review-venv") / "bin" / Path(sys.executable).name
         python_path = tmp_path / relative_python
         python_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
-        os.link(sys.executable, python_path)
+        # copy2, not os.link: tmp_path may sit on a different filesystem than
+        # the venv (tmpfs /tmp vs disk home) where hard links raise EXDEV.
+        shutil.copy2(sys.executable, python_path)
         monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_CWD", str(tmp_path))
         monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_PYTHON", str(relative_python))
         monkeypatch.setattr(
@@ -8452,7 +8454,9 @@ class TestPtyWebSocket:
         bin_dir = tmp_path / "bin"
         bin_dir.mkdir()
         executable = bin_dir / command
-        os.link(sys.executable, executable)
+        # copy2, not os.link: tmp_path may sit on a different filesystem than
+        # the venv (tmpfs /tmp vs disk home) where hard links raise EXDEV.
+        shutil.copy2(sys.executable, executable)
         env = {
             "HERMES_CWD": str(tmp_path),
             "HERMES_PYTHON": command,