diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index 05aa8cb9b..969f71e32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Configure CMake
         run: |
-          cmake -B ${{github.workspace}}/${{ matrix.buildloc }} `
+          cmake `
+            -B ${{github.workspace}}/${{ matrix.buildloc }} `
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{env.BUILD_TYPE}} `
             -DCMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM=${{ matrix.platform }} `
             -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake `
@@ -64,7 +65,6 @@ jobs:
             -DVCPKG_MANIFEST_MODE=ON `
             -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=${{ matrix.triplet }} `
             -DWITH_HTTP_API=ON `
-            -DWITH_TESTS=OFF `
             -DWITH_WEBSOCKETS=ON
 
       - name: Build
@@ -87,3 +87,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: installer${{ matrix.arch }}
           path: ${{ github.workspace }}/installer/mosquitto*.exe
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.13'
+          cache: 'pip' # caching pip dependencies
+      - run: pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Tests
+        run: ctest --timeout 60 --test-dir ${{ github.workspace }}/${{ matrix.buildloc }} -C ${{ env.BUILD_TYPE }} --output-on-failure --repeat until-pass:5 -j20 --resource-spec-file ../test/resource.json
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a10cf110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+paho-mqtt==2.1.0
+psutil==7.2.2
+pywin32==311; platform_system == "Windows"