diff --git a/crates/socket-patch-core/src/crawlers/go_crawler.rs b/crates/socket-patch-core/src/crawlers/go_crawler.rs
index b87773064..79784f1dc 100644
--- a/crates/socket-patch-core/src/crawlers/go_crawler.rs
+++ b/crates/socket-patch-core/src/crawlers/go_crawler.rs
@@ -1426,8 +1426,10 @@ mod tests {
             }
             std::fs::remove_file(f.project.join("go.work")).unwrap();
 
-            // GOWORK naming a file elsewhere.
-            let _gowork = EnvGuard::set("GOWORK", "/elsewhere/go.work");
+            // GOWORK naming a file elsewhere (absolute on every platform:
+            // `/x` has no drive on Windows, so go rejects it as relative).
+            let elsewhere = f.project.parent().unwrap().join("elsewhere/go.work");
+            let _gowork = EnvGuard::set("GOWORK", &elsewhere.to_string_lossy());
             assert_eq!(f.crawl().await, walked);
         }
 
diff --git a/crates/socket-patch-core/src/vendor/go_workspace.rs b/crates/socket-patch-core/src/vendor/go_workspace.rs
index 50e3baf86..402d51ded 100644
--- a/crates/socket-patch-core/src/vendor/go_workspace.rs
+++ b/crates/socket-patch-core/src/vendor/go_workspace.rs
@@ -1138,9 +1138,12 @@ mod tests {
             );
         }
         assert_eq!(resolve_with(&project, Some("off")), GoWork::None);
+        // Absolute on this platform (`/x` has no drive on Windows, where go
+        // rejects it as relative too).
+        let elsewhere = tmp.path().join("elsewhere").join("go.work");
         assert_eq!(
-            resolve_with(&project, Some("/elsewhere/go.work")),
-            GoWork::File(PathBuf::from("/elsewhere/go.work"))
+            resolve_with(&project, Some(&elsewhere.to_string_lossy())),
+            GoWork::File(elsewhere.clone())
         );
         for relative in ["go.work", "../go.work"] {
             assert!(
@@ -1476,7 +1479,10 @@ mod tests {
         ));
         match ws.conflict(&root.join("a"), DEP, "v1.0.0", &ours) {
             Some(c @ WorkspaceConflict::MainModule { .. }) => {
-                assert!(c.consequence(DEP, "v1.0.0").contains("ws/dep"), "{c:?}");
+                // Outside the project the member shows as a native path.
+                let member = Path::new("ws").join("dep");
+                let member = member.to_string_lossy();
+                assert!(c.consequence(DEP, "v1.0.0").contains(&*member), "{c:?}");
             }
             other => panic!("{other:?}"),
         }
diff --git a/crates/socket-patch-core/src/vex/discover/golang.rs b/crates/socket-patch-core/src/vex/discover/golang.rs
index 2d763b8e9..7ab38e132 100644
--- a/crates/socket-patch-core/src/vex/discover/golang.rs
+++ b/crates/socket-patch-core/src/vex/discover/golang.rs
@@ -1836,9 +1836,13 @@ mod tests {
             );
         }
         let elsewhere = p.root().join("a").join("go.work");
+        // Outside the project and absolute on this platform (`/nonexistent`
+        // has no drive on Windows, so go rejects it as relative).
+        let outside = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let missing = outside.path().join("nonexistent").join("go.work");
         for (gowork, why) in [
             ("go.work".to_string(), "not an absolute path"),
-            ("/nonexistent/go.work".to_string(), "other than"),
+            (missing.to_string_lossy().into_owned(), "other than"),
             (elsewhere.to_string_lossy().into_owned(), "other than"),
         ] {
             let out = extract(Some(gowork.clone())).await;