diff --git a/.github/buildcheck/tests/test_nativedeps.py b/.github/buildcheck/tests/test_nativedeps.py
index f059f72cd..876fd4ad6 100644
--- a/.github/buildcheck/tests/test_nativedeps.py
+++ b/.github/buildcheck/tests/test_nativedeps.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def test_checks_every_library_of_a_variant_directory(self):
                 f.write(elf64(["libggml-base.so", "libc.so.6"], runpath="$ORIGIN", glibc=["GLIBC_2.17"]))
             with open(os.path.join(cpu, "libggml-base.so"), "wb") as f:
                 f.write(elf64(["libc.so.6"], glibc=["GLIBC_2.27"]))
-            with open(os.path.join(cpu, "jllama-files.txt"), "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            with open(os.path.join(cpu, "jllama-files.txt"), "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as f:
                 f.write("libggml.so\nlibggml-base.so\n")
             self.assertEqual(nativedeps.main(["x", root]), 0)
             # a module, not only the main library, is held to the floor
diff --git a/.github/buildcheck/tests/test_sharedfiles.py b/.github/buildcheck/tests/test_sharedfiles.py
index 4bc286d6b..2fe0d9d5f 100644
--- a/.github/buildcheck/tests/test_sharedfiles.py
+++ b/.github/buildcheck/tests/test_sharedfiles.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def setUp(self):
             f.write(b"a")
 
     def manifest(self, text):
-        with open(os.path.join(self.root, sharedfiles.MANIFEST), "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        with open(os.path.join(self.root, sharedfiles.MANIFEST), "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as f:
             f.write(text)
 
     def run_main(self, *args, others=None):
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.write(WORKFLOW)
 
     def write(self, text):
-        with open(os.path.join(self.root, ".github/workflows/w.yml"), "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        with open(os.path.join(self.root, ".github/workflows/w.yml"), "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as f:
             f.write(text)
 
     def test_a_job_entry_hashes_the_job_alone(self):
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.addCleanup(patcher.stop)
 
     def write(self, path, text):
-        with open(os.path.join(self.root, path), "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        with open(os.path.join(self.root, path), "w", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as f:
             f.write(text)
 
     def test_the_repository_name_is_replaced_by_a_placeholder(self):
diff --git a/.github/shared-files.sha256 b/.github/shared-files.sha256
index eeef34320..fae60f7ba 100644
--- a/.github/shared-files.sha256
+++ b/.github/shared-files.sha256
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ff2aaec95e53916ea340a0a291bf0f57e0011522aedb486622b1fb1cac136865  .github/buildc
 561efd3f26d7728e475c8ce83c10b4761a6703b585b7b2a7ab052df10f73166c  .github/buildcheck/tests/helpers.py
 4985f25fa177bd79a79335742adfd0da0431e101124b4e7e214906b56ae903de  .github/buildcheck/tests/test_workflow.py
 cbe504ad081ba31ec16e11c11f879c64179ca7741bf0b1d1318a7fc969ed67dd  .github/buildcheck/tests/test_releasegate.py
-5cece4a0c48e006de32b6ad8c3c675ac349150c2503a0e21b475564eb1a57267  .github/buildcheck/tests/test_sharedfiles.py
+fe36042fbd5444f0b454ad1304cdafde901dd8cec57cfaba7c7086d996dfee27  .github/buildcheck/tests/test_sharedfiles.py
 7fe208dd33184b4543328f97b339c95e23c408b120e6bfa6095de4182aeb9a19  .github/check-release-gate.py
 1604ccdea83998814a3c1f98f746272222039867b0c7d692355e61495c1c648b  .github/check-shared-files.py
 e5f1679dc7151b2676b2f587860bbaa17e1b89b44a5a4e9703eb3499248c4a06  .github/buildcheck/versions.py