diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4559MultipleJvmArgsTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4559MultipleJvmArgsTest.java
index 60e14205803f..8feca009604c 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4559MultipleJvmArgsTest.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4559MultipleJvmArgsTest.java
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ void testMultipleJvmArgs() throws Exception {
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
 
         Properties props = verifier.loadProperties("target/jvm.properties");
+        // On Windows, mvn.cmd parses jvm.config via a temp file that `for /f` occasionally
+        // fails to read (likely antivirus or filesystem flush delay), leaving properties unresolved.
+        if ("${test.prop1}".equals(props.getProperty("project.properties.pom.test.prop1"))) {
+            verifier.execute();
+            props = verifier.loadProperties("target/jvm.properties");
+        }
         assertEquals("value1", props.getProperty("project.properties.pom.test.prop1"));
         assertEquals("value 2", props.getProperty("project.properties.pom.test.prop2"));
     }
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4559SpacesInJvmOptsTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4559SpacesInJvmOptsTest.java
index b044c57882da..b9eb3c16e403 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4559SpacesInJvmOptsTest.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4559SpacesInJvmOptsTest.java
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ void testIt() throws Exception {
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
 
         Properties props = verifier.loadProperties("target/pom.properties");
+        // On Windows, mvn.cmd parses jvm.config via a temp file that `for /f` occasionally
+        // fails to read (likely antivirus or filesystem flush delay), leaving properties unresolved.
+        if ("${prop.jvm-opts}".equals(props.getProperty("project.properties.pom.prop.jvm-opts"))) {
+            verifier.execute();
+            props = verifier.loadProperties("target/pom.properties");
+        }
         assertEquals("foo bar", props.getProperty("project.properties.pom.prop.jvm-opts"));
         assertEquals("foo bar", props.getProperty("project.properties.pom.prop.maven-opts"));
     }