diff --git a/avm/src/lib.rs b/avm/src/lib.rs
index 221c4172c2..398b5ce344 100644
--- a/avm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/avm/src/lib.rs
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@ mod tests {
         let mut current_version_file =
             fs::File::create(current_version_file_path().as_path()).unwrap();
         current_version_file.write_all("0.18.2".as_bytes()).unwrap();
+        // Sync the file to disk before the read in current_version() to
+        // mitigate the read not seeing the written version bytes.
+        current_version_file.sync_all().unwrap();
         // Create a fake binary for anchor-0.18.2 in the bin directory
         fs::File::create(version_binary_path(&version)).unwrap();
         uninstall_version(&version).unwrap();