diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 88d130341..d29d70467 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ $ pip install --user --upgrade --pre libtmux
 
 <!-- Maintainers and contributors: Insert change notes for the next release above -->
 
+### Improvement
+
+- `Window.__eq__` now returns `False` instead of raising `AssertionError`, thank
+  you @m1guelperez! (#505)
+
 ## libtmux 0.24.1 (2023-11-23)
 
 ### Packaging
diff --git a/src/libtmux/window.py b/src/libtmux/window.py
index dd1c49706..d52b00f2a 100644
--- a/src/libtmux/window.py
+++ b/src/libtmux/window.py
@@ -552,8 +552,9 @@ def attached_pane(self) -> t.Optional["Pane"]:
     # Dunder
     #
     def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
-        assert isinstance(other, Window)
-        return self.window_id == other.window_id
+        if isinstance(other, Window):
+            return self.window_id == other.window_id
+        return False
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return "{}({} {}:{}, {})".format(