diff --git a/openeo-geotrellis/src/main/scala/org/openeo/geotrellis/geotiff/package.scala b/openeo-geotrellis/src/main/scala/org/openeo/geotrellis/geotiff/package.scala
index b6cc19226..6d98706a9 100644
--- a/openeo-geotrellis/src/main/scala/org/openeo/geotrellis/geotiff/package.scala
+++ b/openeo-geotrellis/src/main/scala/org/openeo/geotrellis/geotiff/package.scala
@@ -33,12 +33,13 @@ import spire.math.Integral
 import spire.syntax.cfor.cfor
 
 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel
-import java.nio.file.{FileAlreadyExistsException, Path, Paths}
+import java.nio.file.{FileAlreadyExistsException, Files, Path, Paths}
 import java.time.Duration
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
 import java.util.{ArrayList, Collections, Map, List => JList}
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 import scala.reflect._
+import scala.util.control.Breaks.break
 
 package object geotiff {
 
@@ -827,7 +828,7 @@ package object geotiff {
       .toList.asJava
   }
 
-  private def writeGeoTiff(geoTiff: MultibandGeoTiff, path: String): String = {
+  def writeGeoTiff(geoTiff: MultibandGeoTiff, path: String): String = {
     import java.nio.file.Files
     if (path.startsWith("s3:/")) {
       val correctS3Path = path.replaceFirst("s3:/(?!/)", "s3://")
@@ -842,17 +843,7 @@ package object geotiff {
       // TODO: Try to run fsync on the file opened by GeoTrellis (without the temporary copy)
       geoTiff.write(tempFile.toString, optimizedOrder = true)
 
-      // Geotrellis writes the file piecewise and sometimes files are only partially written.
-      // Maybe a move operation is easier for the fusemount:
-      try {
-        Files.move(tempFile, Path.of(path))
-      } catch {
-        case e: FileAlreadyExistsException =>
-          logger.info("FileAlreadyExistsException. Will overwrite file: " + e.getMessage)
-          // The existing file could be a partial result of a previous failing Spark task.
-          Files.deleteIfExists(Path.of(path))
-          Files.move(tempFile, Path.of(path))
-      }
+      moveOverwriteWithRetries(tempFile, Path.of(path))
 
       // Call fsync on the parent path to assure the fusemount is up-to-date.
       // The equivalent of Python's os.fsync
@@ -863,6 +854,27 @@ package object geotiff {
 
   }
 
+  def moveOverwriteWithRetries(oldPath: Path, newPath: Path): Unit = {
+    var try_count = 1
+    while (true) {
+      try {
+        if (newPath.toFile.exists()) {
+          // It might be a partial result of a previous failing task.
+          logger.info(f"Will replace $newPath. (try $try_count)")
+        }
+        Files.deleteIfExists(newPath)
+        Files.move(oldPath, newPath)
+        break
+      } catch {
+        case e: FileAlreadyExistsException =>
+          // Here if another executor wrote the file between the delete and the move statement.
+          try_count += 1
+          if (try_count > 5) {
+            throw e
+          }
+      }
+    }
+  }
 
   def uploadToS3(localFile: Path, s3Path: String) = {
     val s3Uri = new AmazonS3URI(s3Path)
diff --git a/openeo-geotrellis/src/test/scala/org/openeo/geotrellis/PackageTest.scala b/openeo-geotrellis/src/test/scala/org/openeo/geotrellis/PackageTest.scala
index 1eae19c94..316d9dbf7 100644
--- a/openeo-geotrellis/src/test/scala/org/openeo/geotrellis/PackageTest.scala
+++ b/openeo-geotrellis/src/test/scala/org/openeo/geotrellis/PackageTest.scala
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 package org.openeo.geotrellis
 
+import geotrellis.raster.io.geotiff.GeoTiff
 import geotrellis.raster.{ByteCellType, ByteUserDefinedNoDataCellType, FloatUserDefinedNoDataCellType, UByteCellType, UByteUserDefinedNoDataCellType}
 import org.junit.Assert._
 import org.junit.Test
+import org.openeo.geotrellis.geotiff._
+
+import java.nio.file.{Files, Path}
 
 class PackageTest {
   @Test
@@ -12,4 +16,23 @@ class PackageTest {
     assertEquals(FloatUserDefinedNoDataCellType(42), toSigned(FloatUserDefinedNoDataCellType(42)))
     assertEquals(ByteUserDefinedNoDataCellType(42), toSigned(ByteUserDefinedNoDataCellType(42)))
   }
+
+  @Test
+  def testFileMove(): Unit = {
+    val refFile = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader.getResource("org/openeo/geotrellis/Sentinel2FileLayerProvider_multiband_reference.tif")
+    val refTiff = GeoTiff.readMultiband(refFile.getPath)
+    val p = Path.of(f"tmp/testFileMove/")
+    Files.createDirectories(p)
+
+    (1 to 20).foreach { i =>
+      val dst = Path.of(p + f"/$i.tif")
+      // Limit the amount of parallel jobs to avoid getting over the max retries
+      (1 to 4).par.foreach { _ =>
+        writeGeoTiff(refTiff, dst.toString)
+        assertTrue(Files.exists(dst))
+      }
+      val refTiff2 = GeoTiff.readMultiband(dst.toString)
+      assertEquals(refTiff2.cellSize, refTiff.cellSize)
+    }
+  }
 }