diff --git a/Extension/PesterTask/src/pester.ts b/Extension/PesterTask/src/pester.ts
index 478b3a0..4273679 100644
--- a/Extension/PesterTask/src/pester.ts
+++ b/Extension/PesterTask/src/pester.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export async function run() {
         logInfo(`${executable} ${args.join(" ")}`);
 
         var spawn = require("child_process").spawn, child;
-        child = spawn(executable, args, {windowsVerbatimArguments: true});
+        child = spawn(executable, args);
         child.stdout.on("data", function (data) {
             logInfo(data.toString());
         });
diff --git a/Extension/PesterTask/src/pesterv10.ts b/Extension/PesterTask/src/pesterv10.ts
index 531fdb4..3c3232d 100644
--- a/Extension/PesterTask/src/pesterv10.ts
+++ b/Extension/PesterTask/src/pesterv10.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export async function run() {
         }
 
         // we need to not pass the null param
-        var args = [__dirname + "\\Pester.ps1",
+        var args = ['"' + __dirname + "/Pester.ps1" + '"',
                     "-TestFolder", TestFolder,
                     "-resultsFile", resultsFile,
                     "-run32Bit", run32Bit,
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 7120d82..a2643b5 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ stages:
     jobs:
       - deployment: validate
         displayName: Validate publish
+        pool:
+          vmImage: windows-latest
         environment: pester
         strategy:
           runOnce: