diff --git a/packages/cache/__tests__/tar.test.ts b/packages/cache/__tests__/tar.test.ts
index b05c67e1..e4233bc9 100644
--- a/packages/cache/__tests__/tar.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/__tests__/tar.test.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ test('zstd extract tar', async () => {
     `"${defaultTarPath}"`,
     [
       '--use-compress-program',
-      'unzstd --long=30',
+      IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -d --long=30' : 'unzstd --long=30',
       '-xf',
       IS_WINDOWS ? archivePath.replace(/\\/g, '/') : archivePath,
       '-P',
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ test('zstd create tar', async () => {
     [
       '--posix',
       '--use-compress-program',
-      'zstdmt --long=30',
+      IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -T0 --long=30' : 'zstdmt --long=30',
       '-cf',
       IS_WINDOWS ? CacheFilename.Zstd.replace(/\\/g, '/') : CacheFilename.Zstd,
       '--exclude',
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ test('zstd list tar', async () => {
     `"${defaultTarPath}"`,
     [
       '--use-compress-program',
-      'unzstd --long=30',
+      IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -d --long=30' : 'unzstd --long=30',
       '-tf',
       IS_WINDOWS ? archivePath.replace(/\\/g, '/') : archivePath,
       '-P'
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ test('zstdWithoutLong list tar', async () => {
     `"${defaultTarPath}"`,
     [
       '--use-compress-program',
-      'unzstd',
+      IS_WINDOWS ? 'zstd -d' : 'unzstd',
       '-tf',
       IS_WINDOWS ? archivePath.replace(/\\/g, '/') : archivePath,
       '-P'
diff --git a/packages/cache/src/internal/tar.ts b/packages/cache/src/internal/tar.ts
index 07335774..cb563a0a 100644
--- a/packages/cache/src/internal/tar.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/internal/tar.ts
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ export async function extractTar(
     switch (compressionMethod) {
       case CompressionMethod.Zstd:
         if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-          return ['--use-compress-program=zstd -d --long=30']
+          return ['--use-compress-program', 'zstd -d --long=30']
         }
         return ['--use-compress-program', 'unzstd --long=30']
       case CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
         if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-          return ['--use-compress-program=zstd -d']
+          return ['--use-compress-program', 'zstd -d']
         }
         return ['--use-compress-program', 'unzstd']
       default:
@@ -115,12 +115,12 @@ export async function createTar(
     switch (compressionMethod) {
       case CompressionMethod.Zstd:
         if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-          return ['--use-compress-program=zstd -T0 --long=30']
+          return ['--use-compress-program', 'zstd -T0 --long=30']
         }
         return ['--use-compress-program', 'zstdmt --long=30']
       case CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
         if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-          return ['--use-compress-program=zstd -T0']
+          return ['--use-compress-program', 'zstd -T0']
         }
         return ['--use-compress-program', 'zstdmt']
       default:
@@ -156,12 +156,12 @@ export async function listTar(
     switch (compressionMethod) {
       case CompressionMethod.Zstd:
         if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-          return ['--use-compress-program=zstd -d --long=30']
+          return ['--use-compress-program', 'zstd -d --long=30']
         }
         return ['--use-compress-program', 'unzstd --long=30']
       case CompressionMethod.ZstdWithoutLong:
         if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-          return ['--use-compress-program=zstd -d']
+          return ['--use-compress-program', 'zstd -d']
         }
         return ['--use-compress-program', 'unzstd']
       default: