diff --git a/tests/parsers/test_parser.py b/tests/parsers/test_parser.py
index 8e3684ea9..971855fb3 100644
--- a/tests/parsers/test_parser.py
+++ b/tests/parsers/test_parser.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from xonsh.parser import Parser
 from xonsh.parsers.ast import AST, Call, Pass, With, is_const_str
 from xonsh.parsers.fstring_adaptor import FStringAdaptor
 from xonsh.pytest.tools import (
+    ON_WINDOWS,
     VER_MAJOR_MINOR,
     nodes_equal,
     skip_if_pre_3_8,
@@ -2652,7 +2653,14 @@ def test_echo_slash_question(check_xonsh_ast):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "case",
     [
-        "[]",
+        pytest.param(
+            "[]",
+            marks=pytest.mark.xfail(
+                ON_WINDOWS,
+                reason="non-zero exit code being raised by brackets",
+                strict=True,
+            ),  # TODO: fix this on a windows machine
+        ),
         "[[]]",
         "[a]",
         "[a][b]",