diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index 889f46b..5910f22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ jobs:
         additional-packages:
           dos2unix
           rsync
+          openssh-server
     - name: Execute tests and generate coverage report
       shell: wsl-bash {0}
       env:
         RUNNING_ON_GITHUB_ACTIONS: true
       run: |
-         find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -n 1 -P 4 dos2unix
+         find . -type f ! -name ".git*" -print0 | xargs -0 -n 1 -P 4 dos2unix
+         service ssh start
          ./dev/tests/run_tests.sh
     - name: Upload Coverage to Codecov
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1