diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index b99609f4e2..687d4b04a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ jobs:
               if: ${{ matrix.type == 'unit' }}
               run: |
                   phpBB/vendor/bin/phpunit --configuration .github/phpunit-psql-windows-github.xml --verbose --stop-on-error --exclude-group functional
-            - name: Run unit tests
+            - name: Run functional tests
               if: ${{ matrix.type == 'functional' }}
               run: |
                   phpBB/vendor/bin/phpunit --configuration .github/phpunit-psql-windows-github.xml --verbose --stop-on-error --group functional
diff --git a/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php b/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php
index e21258256c..89f0762ded 100644
--- a/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php
+++ b/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@
 use Symfony\Component\BrowserKit\CookieJar;
 use Symfony\Component\BrowserKit\HttpBrowser;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpClient\HttpClient;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpClient\NativeHttpClient;
+use Symfony\Contracts\HttpClient\HttpClientInterface;
 
 require_once __DIR__ . '/mock/phpbb_mock_null_installer_task.php';
 
 class phpbb_functional_test_case extends phpbb_test_case
 {
-	/** @var HttpClient */
+	/** @var HttpClientInterface */
 	protected static $http_client;
 
 	/** @var HttpBrowser */
@@ -94,7 +96,8 @@ class phpbb_functional_test_case extends phpbb_test_case
 		$this->bootstrap();
 
 		self::$cookieJar = new CookieJar;
-		self::$http_client = HttpClient::create();
+		// Force native client on windows platform
+		self::$http_client = strtolower(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) === 'win' ? new NativeHttpClient() : HttpClient::create();
 		self::$client = new HttpBrowser(self::$http_client, null, self::$cookieJar);
 
 		// Clear the language array so that things