diff --git a/packages/react/src/generators/component-test/component-test.ts b/packages/react/src/generators/component-test/component-test.ts
index aea81fa1bcad2..ae783e94b6378 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/generators/component-test/component-test.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/generators/component-test/component-test.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ export async function componentTestGenerator(
     '@nx/cypress/src/utils/cypress-version'
   );
   assertMinimumCypressVersion(10);
+  // normalize any windows paths
+  options.componentPath = options.componentPath.replace(/\\/g, '/');
 
   const projectConfig = readProjectConfiguration(tree, options.project);