diff --git a/.changeset/mighty-dogs-pull.md b/.changeset/mighty-dogs-pull.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58fb44e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/mighty-dogs-pull.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@livekit/agents-plugin-silero": patch
+---
+
+Windows compat: correct file load
diff --git a/plugins/silero/src/onnx_model.ts b/plugins/silero/src/onnx_model.ts
index d03211bb..e2fea330 100644
--- a/plugins/silero/src/onnx_model.ts
+++ b/plugins/silero/src/onnx_model.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 LiveKit, Inc.
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { InferenceSession, Tensor } from 'onnxruntime-node';
 
 export type SampleRate = 8000 | 16000;
 
 export const newInferenceSession = (forceCPU: boolean) => {
-  return InferenceSession.create(new URL('silero_vad.onnx', import.meta.url).pathname, {
+  return InferenceSession.create(fileURLToPath(new URL('silero_vad.onnx', import.meta.url).href), {
     interOpNumThreads: 1,
     intraOpNumThreads: 1,
     executionMode: 'sequential',