diff --git a/pkg/macos/pkg-scripts/postinstall b/pkg/macos/pkg-scripts/postinstall
index 3cc98edd1f68..85f44b5f0cdf 100755
--- a/pkg/macos/pkg-scripts/postinstall
+++ b/pkg/macos/pkg-scripts/postinstall
@@ -86,55 +86,107 @@ fi
 
 log "Symlink: Creating symlinks for salt..."
 ln -sf "$INSTALL_DIR/salt" "$SBIN_DIR/salt"
-log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+if [ -f "$SBIN_DIR/salt" ]; then
+    log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+else
+    log "Symlink: Failed to create symlink"
+fi
 
 log "Symlink: Creating symlinks for salt-api..."
 ln -sf "$INSTALL_DIR/salt-api" "$SBIN_DIR/salt-api"
-log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+if [ -f "$SBIN_DIR/salt-api" ]; then
+    log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+else
+    log "Symlink: Failed to create symlink"
+fi
 
 log "Symlink: Creating symlinks for salt-call..."
 ln -sf "$INSTALL_DIR/salt-call" "$SBIN_DIR/salt-call"
-log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+if [ -f "$SBIN_DIR/salt-call" ]; then
+    log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+else
+    log "Symlink: Failed to create symlink"
+fi
 
 log "Symlink: Creating symlinks for salt-cloud..."
 ln -sf "$INSTALL_DIR/salt-cloud" "$SBIN_DIR/salt-cloud"
-log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+if [ -f "$SBIN_DIR/salt-cloud" ]; then
+    log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+else
+    log "Symlink: Failed to create symlink"
+fi
 
 log "Symlink: Creating symlinks for salt-cp..."
 ln -sf "$INSTALL_DIR/salt-cp" "$SBIN_DIR/salt-cp"
-log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+if [ -f "$SBIN_DIR/salt-cp" ]; then
+    log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+else
+    log "Symlink: Failed to create symlink"
+fi
 
 log "Symlink: Creating symlinks for salt-key..."
 ln -sf "$INSTALL_DIR/salt-key" "$SBIN_DIR/salt-key"
-log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+if [ -f "$SBIN_DIR/salt-key" ]; then
+    log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+else
+    log "Symlink: Failed to create symlink"
+fi
 
 log "Symlink: Creating symlinks for salt-master..."
 ln -sf "$INSTALL_DIR/salt-master" "$SBIN_DIR/salt-master"
-log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+if [ -f "$SBIN_DIR/salt-master" ]; then
+    log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+else
+    log "Symlink: Failed to create symlink"
+fi
 
 log "Symlink: Creating symlinks for salt-minion..."
 ln -sf "$INSTALL_DIR/salt-minion" "$SBIN_DIR/salt-minion"
-log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+if [ -f "$SBIN_DIR/salt-minion" ]; then
+    log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+else
+    log "Symlink: Failed to create symlink"
+fi
 
 log "Symlink: Creating symlinks for salt-proxy..."
 ln -sf "$INSTALL_DIR/salt-proxy" "$SBIN_DIR/salt-proxy"
-log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+if [ -f "$SBIN_DIR/salt-proxy" ]; then
+    log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+else
+    log "Symlink: Failed to create symlink"
+fi
 
 log "Symlink: Creating symlinks for salt-run..."
 ln -sf "$INSTALL_DIR/salt-run" "$SBIN_DIR/salt-run"
-log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+if [ -f "$SBIN_DIR/salt-run" ]; then
+    log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+else
+    log "Symlink: Failed to create symlink"
+fi
 
 log "Symlink: Creating symlinks for spm..."
 ln -sf "$INSTALL_DIR/spm" "$SBIN_DIR/spm"
-log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+if [ -f "$SBIN_DIR/salt-spm" ]; then
+    log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+else
+    log "Symlink: Failed to create symlink"
+fi
 
 log "Symlink: Creating symlinks for salt-ssh..."
 ln -sf "$INSTALL_DIR/salt-ssh" "$SBIN_DIR/salt-ssh"
-log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+if [ -f "$SBIN_DIR/salt-ssh" ]; then
+    log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+else
+    log "Symlink: Failed to create symlink"
+fi
 
 log "Symlink: Creating symlinks for salt-syndic..."
 ln -sf "$INSTALL_DIR/salt-syndic" "$SBIN_DIR/salt-syndic"
-log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+if [ -f "$SBIN_DIR/salt-syndic" ]; then
+    log "Symlink: Created Successfully"
+else
+    log "Symlink: Failed to create symlink"
+fi
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Add salt to paths.d
diff --git a/tests/pytests/pkg/integration/test_version.py b/tests/pytests/pkg/integration/test_version.py
index b7fa262fd53b..65a771f82cd9 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/pkg/integration/test_version.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/pkg/integration/test_version.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def test_salt_version(version, install_salt):
             actual.append(actual_ver[0])
             actual.append(actual_ver_salt_stripped)
         else:
-            pytest.skip("Not testing a non-release build artifact, do not run")
+            pytest.skip("We don't run this test on release builds")
 
     expected = ["salt", version]
     assert actual == expected
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ def test_compare_versions(binary, install_salt):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "symlink",
     [
-        # We can't create a salt symlink because there is a salt directory
         "salt",
         "salt-api",
         "salt-call",
@@ -149,6 +148,8 @@ def test_symlinks_created(version, symlink, install_salt):
     Test symlinks created
     """
     ret = install_salt.proc.run(pathlib.Path("/usr/local/sbin") / symlink, "--version")
+    install_log_file = pathlib.Path("/tmp") / "postinstall.txt"
+    install_log_content = install_log_file.read_text()
     ret.stdout.matcher.fnmatch_lines([f"*{version}*"])