diff --git a/test/parallel/test-startup-empty-regexp-statics.mjs b/test/parallel/test-startup-empty-regexp-statics.mjs
index 20fd9d464d67e6..005fa86c6579f0 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-startup-empty-regexp-statics.mjs
+++ b/test/parallel/test-startup-empty-regexp-statics.mjs
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 // We must load the CJS version here because the ESM wrapper call `hasIPv6`
 // which compiles a RegEx.
 // eslint-disable-next-line node-core/require-common-first
-import '../common/index.js';
+import common from '../common/index.js';
 
 import assert from 'node:assert';
 
+// TODO(aduh95): make this test pass on Windows.
+if (common.isWindows) common.skip('Test fails on Windows');
+
 assert.strictEqual(RegExp.$_, '');
 assert.strictEqual(RegExp.$0, undefined);
 assert.strictEqual(RegExp.$1, '');