diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/hooks/render_test.go b/pkg/skaffold/hooks/render_test.go
index 1184c2e7012..67fce0400fb 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/hooks/render_test.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/hooks/render_test.go
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ spec:
 				{
 					HostHook: &latest.PostRenderHostHook{
 						OS:         []string{"windows"},
-						Command:    []string{"cmd.exe", "/C", `ForEach-Object { $_ -replace "before", "after" }`},
+						Command:    []string{"powershell", "-Command", `$input | ForEach-Object { $_ -replace "before", "after" }`},
 						WithChange: true,
 					},
 				},
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ spec:
 				{
 					HostHook: &latest.PostRenderHostHook{
 						OS:         []string{"windows"},
-						Command:    []string{"cmd.exe", "/C", `ForEach-Object { $_ -replace "before", "after" }`},
+						Command:    []string{"pwsh", "-Command", `$input | ForEach-Object { $_ -replace "before", "after" }`},
 						WithChange: false,
 					},
 				},