diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/AutoFollowIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/AutoFollowIT.java
index b971182e3d7c..119e32a6964c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/AutoFollowIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/AutoFollowIT.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.ccr;
 
+import org.apache.lucene.util.Constants;
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.create.CreateIndexRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.delete.DeleteIndexRequest;
@@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ public class AutoFollowIT extends CcrIntegTestCase {
     }
 
     public void testConflictingPatterns() throws Exception {
+        assumeFalse("https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/44610", Constants.WINDOWS);
         Settings leaderIndexSettings = Settings.builder()
             .put(IndexSettings.INDEX_SOFT_DELETES_SETTING.getKey(), true)
             .put(IndexMetaData.INDEX_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS_SETTING.getKey(), 1)