diff --git a/test/test_submodule.py b/test/test_submodule.py
index 5be1a1077..68dbcc491 100644
--- a/test/test_submodule.py
+++ b/test/test_submodule.py
@@ -949,6 +949,17 @@ def test_remove_norefs(self, rwdir):
         sm.remove()
         assert not sm.exists()
 
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(
+        os.name == "nt",
+        reason=(
+            "The sm.move call fails. Submodule.move calls os.renames, which raises:\n"
+            "PermissionError: [WinError 32] "
+            "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: "
+            R"'C:\Users\ek\AppData\Local\Temp\test_renamekkbznwjp\parent\mymodules\myname' "
+            R"-> 'C:\Users\ek\AppData\Local\Temp\test_renamekkbznwjp\parent\renamed\myname'"
+        ),
+        raises=PermissionError,
+    )
     @with_rw_directory
     def test_rename(self, rwdir):
         parent = git.Repo.init(osp.join(rwdir, "parent"))