diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/cli/tui/plugin-lifecycle.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/cli/tui/plugin-lifecycle.test.ts
index 8725fe8b9bc..15c81b6d30f 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/cli/tui/plugin-lifecycle.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/cli/tui/plugin-lifecycle.test.ts
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ export default {
   }
 })
 
-test(
+// kilocode_change - skipped flaky test on Windows #9496
+test.skipIf(process.platform === "win32")(
   "times out hanging plugin cleanup on dispose",
   async () => {
     await using tmp = await tmpdir({