diff --git a/watch.go b/watch.go
index 1a0dbee0c7..80c08258d4 100644
--- a/watch.go
+++ b/watch.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (e *Executor) watchTasks(calls ...*Call) error {
 							return
 						}
 
-						if !event.Has(fsnotify.Remove) && !slices.Contains(files, event.Name) {
+						if !event.Has(fsnotify.Remove) && !slices.Contains(files, filepath.ToSlash(event.Name)) {
 							relPath, _ := filepath.Rel(baseDir, event.Name)
 							e.Logger.VerboseErrf(logger.Magenta, "task: skipped for file not in sources: %s\n", relPath)
 							return