diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 10bde227..93db1c96 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+        with:
+          # Windows runner fails randomly due to post-install steps, skip since they're not needed for running tests
+          installArgs: --ignore-scripts
 
       - name: Setup PNPM
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@fc06bc1257f339d1d5d8b3a19a8cae5388b55320 # v5.0.0