diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/common/http/HttpClientTests.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/common/http/HttpClientTests.java
index f7c2fd789c4..e20e35ffc96 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/common/http/HttpClientTests.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/common/http/HttpClientTests.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.apache.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.ParameterizedMessage;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.util.Supplier;
+import org.apache.lucene.util.Constants;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.MockSecureSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.ByteSizeUnit;
@@ -498,6 +499,7 @@ public class HttpClientTests extends ESTestCase {
     }
 
     public void testThatBodyWithUTF8Content() throws Exception {
+        assumeTrue("This test fails under windows, disabled temporary",Constants.WINDOWS == false);
         String body = "title あいうえお";
         webServer.enqueue(new MockResponse().setResponseCode(200).setBody(body));