diff --git a/agents/hermes/seed-dashboard-config.py b/agents/hermes/seed-dashboard-config.py
index 841733460cb..792eece4f40 100755
--- a/agents/hermes/seed-dashboard-config.py
+++ b/agents/hermes/seed-dashboard-config.py
@@ -98,19 +98,26 @@ def _rename_no_replace_at(src_fd: int, name: str, dst_fd: int) -> None:
     import ctypes
 
     libc = ctypes.CDLL(None, use_errno=True)
-    renameat2 = getattr(libc, "renameat2", None)
-    if renameat2 is None:
-        raise OSError(errno.ENOSYS, "renameat2 is unavailable")
-    renameat2.argtypes = [
+    if sys.platform == "darwin":
+        rename_no_replace = getattr(libc, "renameatx_np", None)
+        rename_flag = 0x00000004  # RENAME_EXCL from Darwin sys/stdio.h.
+        unavailable_message = "renameatx_np is unavailable"
+    else:
+        rename_no_replace = getattr(libc, "renameat2", None)
+        rename_flag = 1  # RENAME_NOREPLACE from Linux stdio.h.
+        unavailable_message = "renameat2 is unavailable"
+    if rename_no_replace is None:
+        raise OSError(errno.ENOSYS, unavailable_message)
+    rename_no_replace.argtypes = [
         ctypes.c_int,
         ctypes.c_char_p,
         ctypes.c_int,
         ctypes.c_char_p,
         ctypes.c_uint,
     ]
-    renameat2.restype = ctypes.c_int
+    rename_no_replace.restype = ctypes.c_int
     encoded = os.fsencode(name)
-    if renameat2(src_fd, encoded, dst_fd, encoded, 1) != 0:
+    if rename_no_replace(src_fd, encoded, dst_fd, encoded, rename_flag) != 0:
         error_number = ctypes.get_errno()
         raise OSError(error_number, os.strerror(error_number))
 
diff --git a/test/hermes-dashboard-profile-migration-security.test.ts b/test/hermes-dashboard-profile-migration-security.test.ts
index 57b0fcda804..1da2af4b593 100644
--- a/test/hermes-dashboard-profile-migration-security.test.ts
+++ b/test/hermes-dashboard-profile-migration-security.test.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,56 @@ describe("Hermes dashboard profile migration security", () => {
     fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
   });
 
+  it("moves between anchored directories without replacing a peer", () => {
+    const sourceDir = path.join(tmpDir, "source");
+    const destinationDir = path.join(tmpDir, "destination");
+    fs.mkdirSync(sourceDir);
+    fs.mkdirSync(destinationDir);
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(sourceDir, "state"), "legacy\n");
+
+    const harness = `
+import errno
+import importlib.util
+import os
+import sys
+
+spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("seed_dashboard_config", sys.argv[1])
+module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+spec.loader.exec_module(module)
+
+source_fd = module._open_directory_no_follow(sys.argv[2])
+destination_fd = module._open_directory_no_follow(sys.argv[3])
+try:
+    module._rename_no_replace_at(source_fd, "state", destination_fd)
+    source_state_fd = os.open(
+        "state", os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL, 0o600, dir_fd=source_fd
+    )
+    try:
+        os.write(source_state_fd, b"retry\\n")
+    finally:
+        os.close(source_state_fd)
+    try:
+        module._rename_no_replace_at(source_fd, "state", destination_fd)
+    except OSError as exc:
+        if exc.errno != errno.EEXIST:
+            raise
+    else:
+        raise AssertionError("no-clobber rename replaced the destination")
+finally:
+    os.close(destination_fd)
+    os.close(source_fd)
+`;
+    const res = spawnSync("python3", ["-c", harness, SCRIPT_PATH, sourceDir, destinationDir], {
+      encoding: "utf-8",
+      stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"],
+      timeout: 10_000,
+    });
+
+    expect(res.status, res.stderr).toBe(0);
+    expect(fs.readFileSync(path.join(sourceDir, "state"), "utf-8")).toBe("retry\n");
+    expect(fs.readFileSync(path.join(destinationDir, "state"), "utf-8")).toBe("legacy\n");
+  });
+
   it("does not replace a destination recreated before the whole-profile move (#7200)", () => {
     const hermesHome = path.join(tmpDir, ".hermes");
     const legacyHome = path.join(hermesHome, "dashboard-home");