diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 644b2b04..9b1d36a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -34,11 +34,34 @@ jobs:
           # Remove the symlinks that cause issues.
           find /usr/local/bin -lname '*/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/*' -delete
           sudo rm -rf /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/
+          #
+          ######################################################################
+          # For brew formulas that have issues during `brew upgrade` due to
+          # symlinks already existing, we use the strategy:
+          #     brew list <formula> && (brew unlink ... )
+          # The `brew list <formula>` will error if it is not installed.  When
+          # the logs say something like "No such keg: /some/path/<formula>"
+          # that means the band-aid can be removed from DEE CI.
+          ######################################################################
           # On 2023-02-24 `brew upgrade` resulted in a failure linking tcl-tk.
-          brew unlink tcl-tk
+          brew list tcl-tk && brew unlink tcl-tk
+          #
           # On 2023-04-06 `brew upgrade` resulted in a failure upgrading `go`.
-          brew unlink go && rm -f /usr/local/bin/go && rm -f /usr/local/bin/gofmt
+          brew list go && ( \
+            brew unlink go && \
+            rm -f /usr/local/bin/go && \
+            rm -f /usr/local/bin/gofmt \
+          )
+          #
+          # On 2023-09-25 there were issues upgrading node@18 from 18.17.1 to
+          # 18.18.0, caused by `brew upgrade`.
+          brew list node@18 && ( \
+            brew unlink node@18 && \
+            rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ \
+          )
+          ######################################################################
           # Run upgrades now to fail-fast (setup scripts do this anyway).
+          ######################################################################
           brew update && brew upgrade
           # On 2023-02-16 the pip3.11 symlink was mysteriously missing.
           brew unlink python@3.11 && brew link python@3.11