diff --git a/receiver/sqlserverreceiver/queries_test.go b/receiver/sqlserverreceiver/queries_test.go
index 3fc99f2e794a..515d7c8bbc69 100644
--- a/receiver/sqlserverreceiver/queries_test.go
+++ b/receiver/sqlserverreceiver/queries_test.go
@@ -6,12 +6,17 @@ package sqlserverreceiver
 import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestQueryIODBWithoutInstanceName(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		t.Skip("Test is failing on Windows, see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/32519")
+	}
+
 	expected, err := os.ReadFile(path.Join("./testdata", "databaseIOQueryWithoutInstanceName.txt"))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -21,6 +26,10 @@ func TestQueryIODBWithoutInstanceName(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestQueryIODBWithInstanceName(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		t.Skip("Test is failing on Windows, see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/32519")
+	}
+
 	expected, err := os.ReadFile(path.Join("./testdata", "databaseIOQueryWithInstanceName.txt"))
 	require.NoError(t, err)