diff --git a/src/lib/install-daemon/binary-installation.integration.spec.ts b/src/lib/install-daemon/binary-installation.integration.spec.ts
index d390917..130f804 100644
--- a/src/lib/install-daemon/binary-installation.integration.spec.ts
+++ b/src/lib/install-daemon/binary-installation.integration.spec.ts
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ describe('binary installation - PowerShell Expand-Archive on Windows', () => {
     tempDirs.length = 0
   })
 
+  // PowerShell cold start on CI Windows runners takes several seconds per spawn (two here).
   skipOnUnix(
     'should extract .zip archives using PowerShell Expand-Archive on Windows',
     () => {
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ describe('binary installation - PowerShell Expand-Archive on Windows', () => {
       // Create zip using PowerShell
       const archivePath = join(tempDir, 'centy-daemon.zip')
       execSync(
-        `powershell -Command "Compress-Archive -Path '${join(srcDir, 'centy-daemon.exe')}' -DestinationPath '${archivePath}'"`,
+        `powershell -NoProfile -NonInteractive -Command "Compress-Archive -Path '${join(srcDir, 'centy-daemon.exe')}' -DestinationPath '${archivePath}'"`,
         { stdio: 'pipe' }
       )
 
@@ -259,7 +260,8 @@ describe('binary installation - PowerShell Expand-Archive on Windows', () => {
       extractArchive(archivePath, destDir)
 
       expect(existsSync(join(destDir, 'centy-daemon.exe'))).toBe(true)
-    }
+    },
+    30000
   )
 })
 
diff --git a/src/lib/install-daemon/extract.ts b/src/lib/install-daemon/extract.ts
index 47a6495..3b235e1 100644
--- a/src/lib/install-daemon/extract.ts
+++ b/src/lib/install-daemon/extract.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function extractZip(archivePath: string, destDir: string): void {
   ensureDir(destDir)
   if (isWindows()) {
     execSync(
-      `powershell -Command "Expand-Archive -Path '${archivePath}' -DestinationPath '${destDir}' -Force"`,
+      `powershell -NoProfile -NonInteractive -Command "Expand-Archive -Path '${archivePath}' -DestinationPath '${destDir}' -Force"`,
       { stdio: 'pipe' }
     )
   } else {