diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 585a7ed4..3159f1cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ jobs:
         os: [ windows-latest ]
         wdm-log: ['']
         include:
-          - python-version: '3.12'
+          - python-version: '3.13'
             selenium-version: '4.10.0'
             os: ubuntu-latest
-          - python-version: '3.12'
+          - python-version: '3.14'
             selenium-version: '4.10.0'
             os: macos-latest
             wdm-log: '0'
diff --git a/tests/test_file_manager.py b/tests/test_file_manager.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8253b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_file_manager.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import zipfile
+
+from webdriver_manager.core.file_manager import FileManager
+from webdriver_manager.core.os_manager import OperationSystemManager
+
+
+def test_extract_zip_removes_file_dir_conflict(tmp_path):
+    target_dir = tmp_path / "target"
+    target_dir.mkdir()
+    conflict_path = target_dir / "operadriver"
+    conflict_path.write_text("stale file")
+
+    zip_path = tmp_path / "driver.zip"
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_path, "w") as zf:
+        zf.writestr("operadriver/operadriver", "binary")
+
+    class ArchiveMock:
+        def __init__(self, file_path):
+            self.file_path = str(file_path)
+
+    file_manager = FileManager(OperationSystemManager())
+    extracted = file_manager.unpack_archive(ArchiveMock(zip_path), str(target_dir))
+
+    assert "operadriver/operadriver" in extracted
+    assert (target_dir / "operadriver" / "operadriver").exists()
diff --git a/tests/test_opera_manager.py b/tests/test_opera_manager.py
index 72f3cdfe..1516b6b7 100755
--- a/tests/test_opera_manager.py
+++ b/tests/test_opera_manager.py
@@ -115,3 +115,15 @@ def test_can_get_driver_from_cache(os_type, delete_drivers_dir, opera_release_da
     OperaDriverManager(os_system_manager=OperationSystemManager(os_type)).install()
     driver_path = OperaDriverManager(os_system_manager=OperationSystemManager(os_type)).install()
     assert os.path.exists(driver_path)
+
+
+def test_opera_install_keeps_file_path_without_listdir(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    binary_path = tmp_path / "operadriver"
+    binary_path.write_text("bin")
+
+    manager = OperaDriverManager()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(manager, "_get_driver_binary_path", lambda _driver: str(binary_path))
+
+    resolved_path = manager.install()
+
+    assert resolved_path == str(binary_path)
diff --git a/webdriver_manager/core/file_manager.py b/webdriver_manager/core/file_manager.py
index 8c7abd91..27fbc38b 100644
--- a/webdriver_manager/core/file_manager.py
+++ b/webdriver_manager/core/file_manager.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ def unpack_archive(self, archive_file: Archive, target_dir):
     def __extract_zip(self, archive_file, to_directory):
         zip_class = (LinuxZipFileWithPermissions if self._os_system_manager.get_os_name() == "linux" else zipfile.ZipFile)
         archive = zip_class(archive_file.file_path)
+        self.__remove_file_dir_conflicts(archive.namelist(), to_directory)
         try:
             archive.extractall(to_directory)
         except Exception as e:
@@ -88,6 +89,19 @@ def __extract_zip(self, archive_file, to_directory):
             return sorted(file_names, key=lambda x: x.lower())
         return archive.namelist()
 
+    def __remove_file_dir_conflicts(self, names, to_directory):
+        """Remove stale files that conflict with directory entries in archive.
+
+        Example: if cache contains `<to_directory>/operadriver` as a file, and
+        archive now contains `operadriver/<binary>`, extraction would fail with
+        NotADirectoryError.
+        """
+        top_level_dirs = {name.split("/", 1)[0] for name in names if "/" in name}
+        for dir_name in top_level_dirs:
+            path = os.path.join(to_directory, dir_name)
+            if os.path.isfile(path):
+                os.remove(path)
+
     def __extract_tar_file(self, archive_file, to_directory):
         try:
             tar = tarfile.open(archive_file.file_path, mode="r:gz")
diff --git a/webdriver_manager/opera.py b/webdriver_manager/opera.py
index 893c11a6..dc8bb08d 100755
--- a/webdriver_manager/opera.py
+++ b/webdriver_manager/opera.py
@@ -41,12 +41,22 @@ def __init__(
 
     def install(self) -> str:
         driver_path = self._get_driver_binary_path(self.driver)
-        if not os.path.isfile(driver_path):
-            for name in os.listdir(driver_path):
-                if "sha512_sum" in name:
-                    os.remove(os.path.join(driver_path, name))
-                    break
-        driver_path = os.path.join(driver_path, os.listdir(driver_path)[0])
+        if os.path.isfile(driver_path):
+            os.chmod(driver_path, 0o755)
+            return driver_path
+
+        for name in os.listdir(driver_path):
+            if "sha512_sum" in name:
+                os.remove(os.path.join(driver_path, name))
+
+        candidates = [
+            name for name in os.listdir(driver_path)
+            if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(driver_path, name))
+        ]
+        if not candidates:
+            raise FileNotFoundError(f"No OperaDriver binary found in {driver_path}")
+
+        driver_path = os.path.join(driver_path, candidates[0])
         os.chmod(driver_path, 0o755)
         return driver_path