diff --git a/test/plugin/in_tail/test_position_file.rb b/test/plugin/in_tail/test_position_file.rb
index 6e31fa816b..465b048403 100644
--- a/test/plugin/in_tail/test_position_file.rb
+++ b/test/plugin/in_tail/test_position_file.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 class IntailPositionFileTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   setup do
-    @file = Tempfile.new('intail_position_file_test')
+    @file = Tempfile.new('intail_position_file_test').binmode
   end
 
   teardown do
diff --git a/test/plugin/test_in_forward.rb b/test/plugin/test_in_forward.rb
index 6723bdee56..a6386f0f04 100644
--- a/test/plugin/test_in_forward.rb
+++ b/test/plugin/test_in_forward.rb
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ def create_driver(conf=CONFIG)
         }
       end
 
-      assert_equal(records, d.events.sort_by {|a| a[1] })
+      assert_equal(records, d.events.sort_by {|a| a[0] })
     end
 
     test 'json_with_newline' do
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ def create_driver(conf=CONFIG)
         }
       end
 
-      assert_equal(records, d.events.sort_by {|a| a[1] })
+      assert_equal(records, d.events.sort_by {|a| a[0] })
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/test/plugin/test_out_forward.rb b/test/plugin/test_out_forward.rb
index 8d4d7fd437..746972ca58 100644
--- a/test/plugin/test_out_forward.rb
+++ b/test/plugin/test_out_forward.rb
@@ -997,7 +997,11 @@ def plugin_id_for_test?
       e = assert_raise Fluent::UnrecoverableError do
         d.instance_start
       end
-      assert_match(/Connection refused/, e.message)
+      if Fluent.windows?
+        assert_match(/No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it/, e.message)
+      else
+        assert_match(/Connection refused/, e.message)
+      end
 
       d.instance_shutdown
     end