diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-windows.yml
index 2aab9607f3..b6497aaf1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-windows.yml
@@ -35,10 +35,13 @@ jobs:
     - name: List installed Python packages
       run: python -m pip list
 
+    - name: Test possible failure first
+      run: |
+        coverage run --module pytest tests/test_scripts.py
+
     - name: Test with pytest and coverage
-      # FIXME: ignore tests/test_scripts.py as runner breaks on Windows currently
       run: |
-        coverage run --module pytest --ignore tests/test_scripts.py --ignore tests/contrib --ignore tests/benchmarks --ignore tests/test_notebooks.py
+        coverage run --module pytest --ignore tests/contrib --ignore tests/benchmarks --ignore tests/test_notebooks.py
 
     - name: Coverage report for core project
       run: |