diff --git a/.changeset/soft-melons-sin.md b/.changeset/soft-melons-sin.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5eea244c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/soft-melons-sin.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"lingo.dev": patch
+---
+
+fix(cli): normalize path separators in tests for Windows
diff --git a/lingo.dev b/lingo.dev
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..060680cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lingo.dev
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 060680cd13c05dd77dd9d5447c064d948bd21cb0
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/buckets.spec.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/buckets.spec.ts
index ec2be41fb..0ca0f9688 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/buckets.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/buckets.spec.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ describe("getBuckets", () => {
     },
   });
 
+  const toPosix = (s: string) => s.replace(/\\/g, "/");
+  const normalizeBuckets = (buckets: any) =>
+    buckets.map((b: any) => ({
+      type: b.type,
+      paths: b.paths.map((p: any) => ({ ...p, pathPattern: toPosix(p.pathPattern) })),
+    }));
+
   it("should return correct buckets", () => {
     mockGlobSync(["src/i18n/en.json"], ["src/translations/en/messages.json"]);
 
@@ -31,7 +38,7 @@ describe("getBuckets", () => {
       "src/translations/[locale]/messages.json",
     ]);
     const buckets = getBuckets(i18nConfig);
-    expect(buckets).toEqual([
+    expect(normalizeBuckets(buckets)).toEqual([
       {
         type: "json",
         paths: [
@@ -76,7 +83,7 @@ describe("getBuckets", () => {
       "src/i18n/data-*-[locale]-*/[locale].*.json",
     ]);
     const buckets = getBuckets(i18nConfig);
-    expect(buckets).toEqual([
+    expect(normalizeBuckets(buckets)).toEqual([
       {
         type: "json",
         paths: [
@@ -136,7 +143,7 @@ describe("getBuckets", () => {
       { path: "src/i18n/[locale].json", delimiter: "-" },
     ]);
     const buckets = getBuckets(i18nConfig);
-    expect(buckets).toEqual([
+    expect(normalizeBuckets(buckets)).toEqual([
       {
         type: "json",
         paths: [{ pathPattern: "src/i18n/[locale].json", delimiter: "-" }],
@@ -154,7 +161,7 @@ describe("getBuckets", () => {
       "src/[locale]/translations/[locale]/messages.json",
     ]);
     const buckets = getBuckets(i18nConfig);
-    expect(buckets).toEqual([
+    expect(normalizeBuckets(buckets)).toEqual([
       {
         type: "json",
         paths: [
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/find-locale-paths.spec.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/find-locale-paths.spec.ts
index 0362081e5..92d9050da 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/find-locale-paths.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/find-locale-paths.spec.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ describe("findLocaleFiles", () => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
   });
 
+  const toPosix = (s: string) => s.replace(/\\/g, "/");
+  const normalize = (r: { patterns: string[]; defaultPatterns: string[] } | null) =>
+    r && {
+      patterns: r.patterns.map(toPosix),
+      defaultPatterns: r.defaultPatterns.map(toPosix),
+    };
+
   it("should find json locale files", () => {
     vi.mocked(glob.sync).mockReturnValue([
       // valid locales
@@ -26,7 +33,7 @@ describe("findLocaleFiles", () => {
       "src/settings.json",
     ]);
 
-    const result = findLocaleFiles("json");
+    const result = normalize(findLocaleFiles("json"));
 
     expect(result).toEqual({
       patterns: ["src/i18n/[locale].json", "src/translations/[locale].json"],
@@ -41,7 +48,7 @@ describe("findLocaleFiles", () => {
       "translations/es.yml",
     ]);
 
-    const result = findLocaleFiles("yaml");
+    const result = normalize(findLocaleFiles("yaml"));
 
     expect(result).toEqual({
       patterns: ["locales/[locale].yml", "translations/[locale].yml"],
@@ -56,7 +63,7 @@ describe("findLocaleFiles", () => {
       "lib/translations/fr.arb",
     ]);
 
-    const result = findLocaleFiles("flutter");
+    const result = normalize(findLocaleFiles("flutter"));
 
     expect(result).toEqual({
       patterns: ["lib/l10n/[locale].arb", "lib/translations/[locale].arb"],
@@ -124,7 +131,7 @@ describe("findLocaleFiles", () => {
       "ios/MyApp/xx/Localizable.xcstrings",
     ]);
 
-    const result = findLocaleFiles("xcode-xcstrings");
+    const result = normalize(findLocaleFiles("xcode-xcstrings"));
 
     expect(result).toEqual({
       patterns: [