diff --git a/.changeset/fix-windows-path-separators.md b/.changeset/fix-windows-path-separators.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fabc6d9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-windows-path-separators.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"lingo.dev": patch
+---
+
+Fix CLI tests failing on Windows due to path separator differences
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/buckets.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/buckets.ts
index 962030c09..e7850e49a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/buckets.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/buckets.ts
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ function expandPlaceholderedGlob(
     const placeholderedPath = sourcePathChunks.join(path.sep);
     return placeholderedPath;
   });
-  // return the placeholdered paths
-  return placeholderedPaths;
+  // return the placeholdered paths (normalized to forward slashes for cross-platform compatibility)
+  return placeholderedPaths.map(p => p.replace(/\\/g, "/"));
 }
 
 function resolveBucketItem(bucketItem: string | BucketItem): BucketItem {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/find-locale-paths.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/find-locale-paths.ts
index d584e8205..cd552c513 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/find-locale-paths.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/find-locale-paths.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ function findLocaleFilesForFilename(fileName: string) {
 
   const localeFilesAndPatterns = localeFiles.map((file: string) => ({
     file,
-    pattern: path.join(path.dirname(file), pattern),
+    pattern: path.join(path.dirname(file), pattern).replace(/\\/g, "/"),
   }));
   const grouppedFilesAndPatterns = _.groupBy(localeFilesAndPatterns, "pattern");
   const patterns = Object.keys(grouppedFilesAndPatterns);