diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aa792cd..3329866 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.5.11] - 2026-06-15
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **`execute_jobs` symlink TOCTOU gap closed**: the v0.5.10 guard `os.path.isdir(person_dir) and not os.path.islink(person_dir)` silently skipped the wipe when `person_dir` was a symlink-to-directory, then called `os.makedirs` which followed the symlink — allowing crop writes to land outside `output_dir` with no log or skip. The guard is replaced by an explicit pre-check: if `os.path.islink(person_dir)` is True, log an error and `continue`, matching the established `ValueError` pattern from `_safe_person_dir`. The `isdir` / `rmtree` block is restored to its original simple form.
+
 ## [0.5.10] - 2026-06-15
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2db5d42..b7ffd2a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "winnow"
-version = "0.5.10"
+version = "0.5.11"
 description = "Selects diverse, high-quality photos from Immich as training data for Frigate face recognition."
 license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
 requires-python = ">=3.13"
diff --git a/winnow/executor.py b/winnow/executor.py
index 0954045..6d58aa3 100644
--- a/winnow/executor.py
+++ b/winnow/executor.py
@@ -107,10 +107,12 @@ def execute_jobs(jobs: list[dict]) -> None:
                 logger.error(str(e))
                 continue
             # Face crops are transient (uploaded then discarded); wipe before each run.
-            # Exclude symlinks explicitly: os.path.isdir follows them and returns True
-            # for a symlink-to-directory, but shutil.rmtree raises OSError on a
-            # top-level symlink rather than deleting through it.
-            if os.path.isdir(person_dir) and not os.path.islink(person_dir):
+            # A symlink could appear here via a TOCTOU race after _safe_person_dir
+            # returned — writing through it would land crops outside output_dir.
+            if os.path.islink(person_dir):
+                logger.error("person_dir %s became a symlink after path check — skipping job", person_dir)
+                continue
+            if os.path.isdir(person_dir):
                 shutil.rmtree(person_dir)
             os.makedirs(person_dir, exist_ok=True)