diff --git a/test/abort/test-abort-uncaught-exception.js b/test/abort/test-abort-uncaught-exception.js
index f9847193769d2d..fb30cfba3cd34a 100644
--- a/test/abort/test-abort-uncaught-exception.js
+++ b/test/abort/test-abort-uncaught-exception.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function run(flags, signals) {
   child.on('exit', common.mustCall(function(code, sig) {
     if (common.isWindows) {
       if (signals)
-        assert.strictEqual(code, 3);
+        assert.strictEqual(code, 0xC0000005);
       else
         assert.strictEqual(code, 1);
     } else {
diff --git a/test/abort/test-http-parser-consume.js b/test/abort/test-http-parser-consume.js
index 4a05a299a8e956..9115aba70dbf17 100644
--- a/test/abort/test-http-parser-consume.js
+++ b/test/abort/test-http-parser-consume.js
@@ -1,28 +1,33 @@
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
-const http = require('http');
-const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+const { createServer, get } = require('http');
+const { spawn } = require('child_process');
 
 if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
-  const server = http.createServer(common.mustCall((req, res) => {
-    res.end('hello');
-  }));
-
+  // sub-process
+  const server = createServer(common.mustCall((_, res) => res.end('h')));
   server.listen(0, common.mustCall((s) => {
-    const rr = http.get(
-      { port: server.address().port },
-      common.mustCall((d) => {
-        // This bad input (0) should abort the parser and the process
-        rr.parser.consume(0);
-        server.close();
-      }));
+    const rr = get({ port: server.address().port }, common.mustCall(() => {
+      // This bad input (0) should abort the parser and the process
+      rr.parser.consume(0);
+      // This line should be unreachanble.
+      assert.fail('this should be unreachable');
+    }));
   }));
 } else {
-  const child = spawn(process.execPath, [__filename, 'child'],
-                      { stdio: 'inherit' });
+  // super-proces
+  const child = spawn(process.execPath, [__filename, 'child']);
+  child.stdout.on('data', common.mustNotCall());
+
+  let stderr = '';
+  child.stderr.on('data', common.mustCallAtLeast((data) => {
+    assert(Buffer.isBuffer(data));
+    stderr += data.toString('utf8');
+  }, 1));
   child.on('exit', common.mustCall((code, signal) => {
-    assert(common.nodeProcessAborted(code, signal),
-           'process should have aborted, but did not');
+    assert(stderr.includes('failed'), `stderr: ${stderr}`);
+    const didAbort = common.nodeProcessAborted(code, signal);
+    assert(didAbort, `process did not abort, code:${code} signal:${signal}`);
   }));
 }
diff --git a/vcbuild.bat b/vcbuild.bat
index 08dfc3fd3b3f8e..78f3c242455f3c 100644
--- a/vcbuild.bat
+++ b/vcbuild.bat
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ if /i "%1"=="nosnapshot"    set nosnapshot=1&goto arg-ok
 if /i "%1"=="noetw"         set noetw=1&goto arg-ok
 if /i "%1"=="noperfctr"     set noperfctr=1&goto arg-ok
 if /i "%1"=="licensertf"    set licensertf=1&goto arg-ok
-if /i "%1"=="test"          set test_args=%test_args% doctool known_issues message parallel sequential addons -J&set lint_cpp=1&set lint_js=1&set build_addons=1&goto arg-ok
-if /i "%1"=="test-ci"       set test_args=%test_args% %test_ci_args% -p tap --logfile test.tap doctool inspector known_issues message sequential parallel addons&set cctest_args=%cctest_args% --gtest_output=tap:cctest.tap&set build_addons=1&goto arg-ok
+if /i "%1"=="test"          set test_args=%test_args% abort doctool known_issues message parallel sequential addons -J&set lint_cpp=1&set lint_js=1&set build_addons=1&goto arg-ok
+if /i "%1"=="test-ci"       set test_args=%test_args% %test_ci_args% -p tap --logfile test.tap abort doctool inspector known_issues message sequential parallel addons&set cctest_args=%cctest_args% --gtest_output=tap:cctest.tap&set build_addons=1&goto arg-ok
 if /i "%1"=="test-addons"   set test_args=%test_args% addons&set build_addons=1&goto arg-ok
 if /i "%1"=="test-simple"   set test_args=%test_args% sequential parallel -J&goto arg-ok
 if /i "%1"=="test-message"  set test_args=%test_args% message&goto arg-ok