diff --git a/packages/filesystem/src/FlySystemAdapter.php b/packages/filesystem/src/FlySystemAdapter.php
index 8b14497da..6311f2ec0 100644
--- a/packages/filesystem/src/FlySystemAdapter.php
+++ b/packages/filesystem/src/FlySystemAdapter.php
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ public static function createForPath(string $path): self
     {
         if (class_exists(Local::class)) {
             /** @phpstan-ignore-next-line */
-            $filesystem = new FlysystemV1(new LeagueFilesystem(new Local($path)));
+            $filesystem = new FlysystemV1(new LeagueFilesystem(new Local($path, linkHandling: Local::SKIP_LINKS)));
         } else {
             $filesystem = new FlysystemV3(
                 new LeagueFilesystem(
-                    new LocalFilesystemAdapter($path),
+                    new LocalFilesystemAdapter($path, linkHandling: LocalFilesystemAdapter::SKIP_LINKS),
                 ),
             );
         }
diff --git a/packages/filesystem/tests/unit/FlySystemAdapterTest.php b/packages/filesystem/tests/unit/FlySystemAdapterTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba35a9d49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/filesystem/tests/unit/FlySystemAdapterTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of phpDocumentor.
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ *
+ * @link https://phpdoc.org
+ */
+
+namespace phpDocumentor\FileSystem;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+use function array_map;
+use function file_put_contents;
+use function is_dir;
+use function is_link;
+use function mkdir;
+use function rmdir;
+use function scandir;
+use function symlink;
+use function sys_get_temp_dir;
+use function uniqid;
+use function unlink;
+
+use const DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
+
+final class FlySystemAdapterTest extends TestCase
+{
+    private string $root;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $this->root = sys_get_temp_dir() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . uniqid('guides-fs-', true);
+        mkdir($this->root, 0777, true);
+
+        file_put_contents($this->root . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'index.rst', 'Index');
+
+        if (@symlink($this->root . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'index.rst', $this->root . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'link.rst') !== false) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        self::markTestSkipped('The filesystem does not support symbolic links');
+    }
+
+    protected function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        $this->remove($this->root);
+    }
+
+    public function testItListsADirectoryContainingSymbolicLinksInsteadOfAborting(): void
+    {
+        $contents = FlySystemAdapter::createForPath($this->root)->listContents('');
+
+        $names = array_map(static fn (StorageAttributes $item): mixed => $item['basename'], $contents);
+
+        self::assertContains('index.rst', $names, 'A regular file next to a symbolic link must still be listed');
+        self::assertNotContains('link.rst', $names, 'A symbolic link is skipped rather than aborting the listing');
+    }
+
+    /** Removes a tree without following the symbolic links inside it. */
+    private function remove(string $path): void
+    {
+        if (is_link($path) || !is_dir($path)) {
+            unlink($path);
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        foreach (scandir($path) ?: [] as $entry) {
+            if ($entry === '.' || $entry === '..') {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $this->remove($path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $entry);
+        }
+
+        rmdir($path);
+    }
+}