diff --git a/test/inspect/test/inspect.test.ts b/test/inspect/test/inspect.test.ts
index 6b8874515f7d..bc634436727d 100644
--- a/test/inspect/test/inspect.test.ts
+++ b/test/inspect/test/inspect.test.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ import type { InspectorNotification } from 'node:inspector'
 import { expect, test } from 'vitest'
 import WebSocket from 'ws'
 
+import { isWindows } from '../../../packages/vite-node/src/utils'
 import { runVitestCli } from '../../test-utils'
 
 type Message = Partial<InspectorNotification<any>>
 
-test('--inspect-brk stops at test file', async () => {
+test.skipIf(isWindows)('--inspect-brk stops at test file', async () => {
   const vitest = await runVitestCli('--root', 'fixtures', '--inspect-brk', '--no-file-parallelism')
 
   await vitest.waitForStderr('Debugger listening on ')