diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0ef5484a5b6acb..9c4743ea05f42c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -234,6 +234,9 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository_owner == 'zed-industries'
     runs-on: hosted-windows-1
     steps:
+      - run: Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true
+        shell: powershell
+
       # more info here:- https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/13020
       - name: Enable longer pathnames for git
         run: git config --system core.longpaths true