diff --git a/receiver/opencensusreceiver/internal/octrace/observability_test.go b/receiver/opencensusreceiver/internal/octrace/observability_test.go
index 8d1d75ea30b2..50a94966b2fd 100644
--- a/receiver/opencensusreceiver/internal/octrace/observability_test.go
+++ b/receiver/opencensusreceiver/internal/octrace/observability_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package octrace
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ import (
 // test is to ensure exactness, but with the mentioned views registered, the
 // output will be quite noisy.
 func TestEnsureRecordedMetrics(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		t.Skip("skipping test on Windows, see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/17574")
+	}
 	tt, err := obsreporttest.SetupTelemetry(component.NewID("opencensus"))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer func() {