diff --git a/scripts/release-preflight.sh b/scripts/release-preflight.sh
index 0c5f3e7f..63e5b3bf 100755
--- a/scripts/release-preflight.sh
+++ b/scripts/release-preflight.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ set -euo pipefail
 ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
 cd "$ROOT_DIR"
 
+# Keep POSIX-looking remote arguments opaque when this read-only check is run
+# from Git for Windows. On Linux the environment variable is harmless.
+ssh() {
+  MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1 command ssh "$@"
+}
+
 fail() {
   echo "release-preflight: $*" >&2
   exit 1