diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/translog/transfer/TranslogTransferManagerTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/translog/transfer/TranslogTransferManagerTests.java
index 8c465a17c2bb2..0677879549905 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/translog/transfer/TranslogTransferManagerTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/translog/transfer/TranslogTransferManagerTests.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 package org.opensearch.index.translog.transfer;
 
 import org.apache.lucene.tests.util.LuceneTestCase;
+import org.apache.lucene.util.Constants;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.opensearch.common.blobstore.BlobPath;
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ public class TranslogTransferManagerTests extends OpenSearchTestCase {
     @Override
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
         super.setUp();
+        // Muting this test on windows until https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/5923
+        assumeFalse("Test does not run on Windows", Constants.WINDOWS);
         primaryTerm = randomNonNegativeLong();
         generation = randomNonNegativeLong();
         minTranslogGeneration = randomLongBetween(0, generation);