diff --git a/pkg/backend/display/jsonmessage.go b/pkg/backend/display/jsonmessage.go
index 09f80480976b..d917edcdea51 100644
--- a/pkg/backend/display/jsonmessage.go
+++ b/pkg/backend/display/jsonmessage.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
-	gotty "github.com/ijc/Gotty"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/terminal"
 
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/v3/engine"
@@ -147,10 +146,30 @@ type messageRenderer struct {
 	printedProgressCache map[string]Progress
 }
 
-func newMessageRenderer(stdout io.Writer, op string, opts Options) progressRenderer {
+func newInteractiveMessageRenderer(stdout io.Writer, opts Options,
+	terminalWidth, terminalHeight int, termInfo termInfo) progressRenderer {
+
+	progressOutput, closed := make(chan Progress), make(chan bool)
+	go func() {
+		ShowProgressOutput(progressOutput, stdout, termInfo)
+		close(closed)
+	}()
+
+	return &messageRenderer{
+		opts:                 opts,
+		isTerminal:           true,
+		terminalWidth:        terminalWidth,
+		terminalHeight:       terminalHeight,
+		progressOutput:       progressOutput,
+		closed:               closed,
+		printedProgressCache: make(map[string]Progress),
+	}
+}
+
+func newNonInteractiveRenderer(stdout io.Writer, op string, opts Options) progressRenderer {
 	progressOutput, closed := make(chan Progress), make(chan bool)
 	go func() {
-		ShowProgressOutput(progressOutput, stdout, false)
+		ShowProgressOutput(progressOutput, stdout, nil)
 		close(closed)
 	}()
 
@@ -366,25 +385,11 @@ func (r *messageRenderer) updateTerminalDimensions() {
 // ShowProgressOutput displays a progress stream from `in` to `out`, `isTerminal` describes if
 // `out` is a terminal. If this is the case, it will print `\n` at the end of each line and move the
 // cursor while displaying.
-func ShowProgressOutput(in <-chan Progress, out io.Writer, isTerminal bool) {
+func ShowProgressOutput(in <-chan Progress, out io.Writer, info termInfo) {
 	var (
 		ids = make(map[string]int)
 	)
 
-	var info termInfo
-
-	if isTerminal {
-		term := os.Getenv("TERM")
-		if term == "" {
-			term = "vt102"
-		}
-
-		var err error
-		if info, err = gotty.OpenTermInfo(term); err != nil {
-			info = &noTermInfo{}
-		}
-	}
-
 	for jm := range in {
 		diff := 0
 
diff --git a/pkg/backend/display/progress.go b/pkg/backend/display/progress.go
index c3f452e7cb9d..580025ddb614 100644
--- a/pkg/backend/display/progress.go
+++ b/pkg/backend/display/progress.go
@@ -234,10 +234,10 @@ func ShowProgressEvents(op string, action apitype.UpdateKind, stack tokens.Name,
 	}
 
 	isTerminal := true
-	renderer, err := newTreeRenderer(stdin, stdout, opts)
+	renderer, err := newInteractiveRenderer(stdin, stdout, opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
-		isTerminal, renderer = false, newMessageRenderer(stdout, op, opts)
+		isTerminal, renderer = false, newNonInteractiveRenderer(stdout, op, opts)
 	}
 
 	display := &ProgressDisplay{
@@ -360,7 +360,6 @@ func (display *ProgressDisplay) generateTreeNodes() []*treeNode {
 }
 
 func (display *ProgressDisplay) addIndentations(treeNodes []*treeNode, isRoot bool, indentation string) {
-
 	childIndentation := indentation + "│  "
 	lastChildIndentation := indentation + "   "
 
diff --git a/pkg/backend/display/tree.go b/pkg/backend/display/tree.go
index eb81b91fd02b..b78ca88272a4 100644
--- a/pkg/backend/display/tree.go
+++ b/pkg/backend/display/tree.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ type fileLike interface {
 	Fd() uintptr
 }
 
-func newTreeRenderer(in io.Reader, out io.Writer, opts Options) (progressRenderer, error) {
+func newInteractiveRenderer(in io.Reader, out io.Writer, opts Options) (progressRenderer, error) {
 	if !opts.IsInteractive {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("the tree display can only be used in interactive mode")
 	}
@@ -78,11 +79,6 @@ func newTreeRenderer(in io.Reader, out io.Writer, opts Options) (progressRendere
 	}
 	outFD := int(outFile.Fd())
 
-	inFile, err := cancelreader.NewReader(in)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("preparing stdin: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	width, height, err := terminal.GetSize(outFD)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting terminal dimensions: %w", err)
@@ -100,6 +96,17 @@ func newTreeRenderer(in io.Reader, out io.Writer, opts Options) (progressRendere
 		info = &noTermInfo{}
 	}
 
+	// Something about the tree renderer--possibly the raw terminal--does not yet play well with Windows, so for now
+	// we fall back to the legacy renderer on that platform.
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		return newInteractiveMessageRenderer(out, opts, width, height, info), nil
+	}
+
+	inFile, err := cancelreader.NewReader(in)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("preparing stdin: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	state, err := terminal.MakeRaw(outFD)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("enabling raw terminal: %w", err)