diff --git a/pkg/integration/aws/eks.go b/pkg/integration/aws/eks.go
index 21bd6f01..ee9760c3 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/aws/eks.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/aws/eks.go
@@ -22,12 +22,9 @@ func (e *EKSAnalyzer) Analyze(analysis common.Analyzer) ([]common.Result, error)
 	_ = map[string]common.PreAnalysis{}
 	svc := eks.New(e.session)
 	// Get the name of the current cluster
-	var kubeconfig string
-	kubeconfigFromPath := viper.GetString("kubeconfig")
-	if kubeconfigFromPath != "" {
-		kubeconfig = kubeconfigFromPath
-	} else {
-		kubeconfig = filepath.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), ".kube", "config")
+	kubeconfig, err := getKubeconfigPath()
+	if err != nil {
+		return cr, err
 	}
 	config, err := clientcmd.NewNonInteractiveDeferredLoadingClientConfig(
 		&clientcmd.ClientConfigLoadingRules{ExplicitPath: kubeconfig},
@@ -78,3 +75,21 @@ func (e *EKSAnalyzer) Analyze(analysis common.Analyzer) ([]common.Result, error)
 	}
 	return cr, nil
 }
+
+// getKubeconfigPath returns the kubeconfig path to use for EKS cluster
+// detection. An explicit --kubeconfig (via viper) takes precedence; otherwise
+// it falls back to $HOME/.kube/config, resolving the home directory with
+// os.UserHomeDir() so the default works across platforms (on Windows the HOME
+// environment variable is typically unset).
+func getKubeconfigPath() (string, error) {
+	if kubeconfig := viper.GetString("kubeconfig"); kubeconfig != "" {
+		return kubeconfig, nil
+	}
+
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return filepath.Join(home, ".kube", "config"), nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/integration/aws/eks_test.go b/pkg/integration/aws/eks_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc74a1d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/integration/aws/eks_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package aws
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestGetKubeconfigPath(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("uses explicit kubeconfig from viper when set", func(t *testing.T) {
+		viper.Reset()
+		t.Cleanup(viper.Reset)
+		explicit := filepath.Join("custom", "kubeconfig")
+		viper.Set("kubeconfig", explicit)
+
+		got, err := getKubeconfigPath()
+
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, explicit, got)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("falls back to the user home dir kubeconfig", func(t *testing.T) {
+		viper.Reset()
+		t.Cleanup(viper.Reset)
+
+		home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		got, err := getKubeconfigPath()
+
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, filepath.Join(home, ".kube", "config"), got)
+		// The fallback must resolve against the user's home directory rather
+		// than collapsing to a relative ".kube/config", which is what happened
+		// on Windows where the HOME environment variable is typically unset.
+		assert.True(t, filepath.IsAbs(got))
+	})
+}