diff --git a/packages/core/test/filesystem/search.test.ts b/packages/core/test/filesystem/search.test.ts
index 8d25e3a1ac..24ed52eb4c 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/filesystem/search.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/filesystem/search.test.ts
@@ -81,11 +81,15 @@ describe("FileSystemSearch ripgrep fallback", () => {
         yield* Effect.promise(() => fs.writeFile(path.join(cwd, "src", "match.ts"), "needle\n"))
         yield* Effect.promise(() => fs.writeFile(path.join(cwd, "README.md"), "# readme\n"))
         const entries = yield* findSettled("")
-        expect(entries.map((entry) => entry.path).sort()).toEqual([
-          RelativePath.make("README.md"),
-          RelativePath.make("src" + path.sep),
-          RelativePath.make("src/match.ts"),
-        ])
+        // Directory entries carry the OS path separator while ripgrep returns files
+        // with forward slashes, so sort both sides for a platform-independent compare.
+        expect(entries.map((entry) => entry.path).sort()).toEqual(
+          [
+            RelativePath.make("README.md"),
+            RelativePath.make("src" + path.sep),
+            RelativePath.make("src/match.ts"),
+          ].sort(),
+        )
         expect(entries.find((entry) => entry.path === "src" + path.sep)?.type).toBe("directory")
       }).pipe(Effect.provide(searchLayer(cwd))),
     ),