diff --git a/ci/x86_64-windows-debug.ps1 b/ci/x86_64-windows-debug.ps1
index c8cbb5006ad015a32249ba9c2f6a06c4fe589fc2..b859cda40bcc783d3df7c8639a52ad8457d46bd3 100644
--- a/ci/x86_64-windows-debug.ps1
+++ b/ci/x86_64-windows-debug.ps1
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Write-Output "Main test suite..."
   --search-prefix "$PREFIX_PATH" `
   -Dstatic-llvm `
   -Dskip-non-native `
+  -Dskip-release `
   -Denable-symlinks-windows
 CheckLastExitCode