diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 70d90e1..88ed2ea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
+## [1.8.3] - 2026-09-06
+
+### Fixed
+- Fixed two test-suite race conditions that made CI intermittently red. The `CSHIP_ACCOUNT` error-hint tests mutated the same process-global env var from parallel worker threads and were merged into one sequential test; `test_render_passthrough_returns_none_for_nonexistent_module` resolved `starship` from `PATH` without holding `PATH_MUTEX`, so sibling tests pointing `PATH` at mock `starship` scripts could make it observe real output ([#206](https://github.com/stephenleo/cship/pull/206))
+
 ## [1.8.2] - 2026-09-06
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 77b02b2..74155c9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cship"
-version = "1.8.2"
+version = "1.8.3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_cmd",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d16f983..bd7ca5f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name          = "cship"
-version       = "1.8.2"
+version       = "1.8.3"
 edition       = "2024"
 description   = "A beautiful, fully customizable statusline for Claude Code — Starship-style TOML config, themeable colours, Nerd Font glyphs, and tunable cost/context/usage thresholds"
 license       = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/explain.rs b/src/explain.rs
index 41f7647..dbe5e17 100644
--- a/src/explain.rs
+++ b/src/explain.rs
@@ -784,22 +784,21 @@ mod tests {
         let _ = asserted_at_least_once;
     }
 
+    /// Both `CSHIP_ACCOUNT` cases live in one test: `set_var` is process-global,
+    /// so two tests mutating it run concurrently on cargo's worker threads and
+    /// clobber each other (this raced on Windows CI). One test = sequential.
+    /// ponytail: unsafe because `std::env::set_var` is process-global; scoped
+    /// tightly around the two `error_hint_for` calls that need it.
     #[test]
-    fn test_error_hint_account_malformed_env_names_env_as_cause() {
-        // No other test in this file touches CSHIP_ACCOUNT, so set/unset here
-        // doesn't race with a sibling test's own use of the var.
-        // ponytail: unsafe because std::env::set_var is process-global; scoped
-        // tightly around the single assertion this test needs.
-        unsafe {
-            std::env::set_var("CSHIP_ACCOUNT", "{not json");
-        }
+    fn test_error_hint_account_env_var_cases() {
         let ctx = crate::context::Context::default();
         let cfg = crate::config::CshipConfig::default();
-        let (error, remediation) = error_hint_for("account", &ctx, &cfg);
+
+        // Set-but-unparseable CSHIP_ACCOUNT is named as the root cause.
         unsafe {
-            std::env::remove_var("CSHIP_ACCOUNT");
+            std::env::set_var("CSHIP_ACCOUNT", "{not json");
         }
-
+        let (error, remediation) = error_hint_for("account", &ctx, &cfg);
         assert!(
             error.contains("CSHIP_ACCOUNT"),
             "expected CSHIP_ACCOUNT named as the cause, got: {error}"
@@ -808,22 +807,16 @@ mod tests {
             remediation.contains("CSHIP_ACCOUNT"),
             "expected remediation to mention CSHIP_ACCOUNT, got: {remediation}"
         );
-    }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_error_hint_account_empty_env_falls_back_to_credential_probe() {
         // Empty CSHIP_ACCOUNT must not trigger the malformed-env hint; it
         // falls through to the normal credential probe.
         unsafe {
             std::env::set_var("CSHIP_ACCOUNT", "   ");
         }
-        let ctx = crate::context::Context::default();
-        let cfg = crate::config::CshipConfig::default();
         let (error, _) = error_hint_for("account", &ctx, &cfg);
         unsafe {
             std::env::remove_var("CSHIP_ACCOUNT");
         }
-
         assert!(
             !error.contains("CSHIP_ACCOUNT"),
             "empty CSHIP_ACCOUNT should not be reported as malformed, got: {error}"
diff --git a/src/passthrough.rs b/src/passthrough.rs
index 8e2b58a..4f644ce 100644
--- a/src/passthrough.rs
+++ b/src/passthrough.rs
@@ -381,7 +381,10 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_render_passthrough_returns_none_for_nonexistent_module() {
-        // starship exits non-zero for unknown module names → None
+        // starship exits non-zero for unknown module names → None.
+        // Resolves `starship` from PATH, so it must hold the mutex: sibling tests
+        // point PATH at mock starship scripts that print output.
+        let _guard = PATH_MUTEX.lock().unwrap();
         let result = render_passthrough("__cship_nonexistent_xyz__", &Context::default());
         assert!(result.is_none());
     }