diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a6ea333..1a41629 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "gen-worker"
-version = "0.26.1"
+version = "0.26.2"
 description = "A library used to build custom functions in Cozy Creator's serverless function platform."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/src/gen_worker/models/download.py b/src/gen_worker/models/download.py
index e5cc41a..6654dd4 100644
--- a/src/gen_worker/models/download.py
+++ b/src/gen_worker/models/download.py
@@ -788,8 +788,10 @@ def _civitai_select_files(
 ) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
     """Downloadable weight files of a model version, primary first.
 
-    Safetensors files win when present (unchanged behavior). GGUF-only
-    versions (th#611: klein/qwen fine-tunes published only as quants)
+    Safetensors files win when present. Civitai may publish alternative
+    precisions under the same filename; keep the primary/first alternative
+    once so a later variant cannot overwrite it on disk. GGUF-only versions
+    (th#611: klein/qwen fine-tunes published only as quants)
     select exactly ONE gguf — civitai reuses a single filename across
     quantType variants, so downloading several would collide on disk:
     ``gguf_quant`` picks it explicitly, else the preference order applies.
@@ -809,7 +811,10 @@ def _civitai_select_files(
             gg.append(entry)
     if st:
         st.sort(key=lambda f: (0 if f["primary"] else 1, f["id"], f["name"]))
-        return st
+        unique: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {}
+        for f in st:
+            unique.setdefault(f["name"], f)
+        return list(unique.values())
     if not gg:
         return []
     gg.sort(key=lambda f: (f["id"], f["name"]))
diff --git a/tests/convert/test_civitai_gguf_select.py b/tests/convert/test_civitai_gguf_select.py
index ab4265c..0612b69 100644
--- a/tests/convert/test_civitai_gguf_select.py
+++ b/tests/convert/test_civitai_gguf_select.py
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ def test_safetensors_win_over_gguf():
     assert [f["name"] for f in files] == ["model.safetensors"]
 
 
+def test_safetensors_same_name_keeps_primary_without_dropping_distinct_files():
+    files = _civitai_select_files({"files": [
+        _f("model.safetensors", id=2),
+        _f("text_encoder.safetensors", id=3),
+        _f("model.safetensors", id=1, primary=True),
+    ]})
+    assert [(f["id"], f["name"]) for f in files] == [
+        (1, "model.safetensors"),
+        (3, "text_encoder.safetensors"),
+    ]
+
+
 def test_gguf_only_picks_one_by_preference():
     files = _civitai_select_files({"files": [
         _f("m.gguf", id=1, quant="Q5_K_M"),
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 6fb0f32..1c98459 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gen-worker"
-version = "0.26.1"
+version = "0.26.2"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "blake3" },