diff --git a/test/cli/hot/watch.test.ts b/test/cli/hot/watch.test.ts
index 65c336c57d3c3..c7dd519512a34 100644
--- a/test/cli/hot/watch.test.ts
+++ b/test/cli/hot/watch.test.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import { spawn } from "bun";
 import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
-import { bunEnv, bunExe, forEachLine, tempDirWithFiles } from "harness";
+import { bunEnv, bunExe, forEachLine, isCI, isWindows, tempDirWithFiles } from "harness";
 import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 
 describe("--watch works", async () => {
   for (const watchedFile of ["entry.js", "tmp.js"]) {
-    test(`with ${watchedFile}`, async () => {
+    test.todoIf(watchedFile === "tmp.js" && isWindows && isCI)(`with ${watchedFile}`, async () => {
       const tmpdir_ = tempDirWithFiles("watch-fixture", {
         "tmp.js": "console.log('hello #1')",
         "entry.js": "import './tmp.js'",