non-shunting jumpers?

[John Foust]

At 01:30 PM 10/22/2020, you wrote:
>I have seen surface mount 0.05 pitch
>pin headers come from their manufacturer with protective caps, but I
>haven't been able to find anything to apply to 0.1" pin headers that I
>could by aftermarket.

I'd use two jumpers.  Hang one off one pin, hang the other off the other.  
If you wanted to get fancy, superglue them in the middle.

- John