diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/reset_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/reset_test.go
index deb305debe3..66662f33347 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/reset_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/reset_test.go
@@ -34,17 +34,18 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
 )
 
+var defaultURLScheme = kubeadmapiv1.DefaultContainerRuntimeURLScheme
 var testResetConfig = fmt.Sprintf(`apiVersion: %s
 kind: ResetConfiguration
 force: true
 dryRun: true
 cleanupTmpDir: true
-criSocket: unix:///var/run/fake.sock
+criSocket: %s:///var/run/fake.sock
 certificatesDir: /etc/kubernetes/pki2
 ignorePreflightErrors:
 - a
 - b
-`, kubeadmapiv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String())
+`, kubeadmapiv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(), defaultURLScheme)
 
 func TestNewResetData(t *testing.T) {
 	// create temp directory
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ func TestNewResetData(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "fails if preflight ignores all but has individual check",
 			flags: map[string]string{
 				options.IgnorePreflightErrors: "all,something-else",
-				options.NodeCRISocket:         "unix:///var/run/crio/crio.sock",
+				options.NodeCRISocket:         fmt.Sprintf("%s:///var/run/crio/crio.sock", defaultURLScheme),
 			},
 			expectError: "don't specify individual checks if 'all' is used",
 		},
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ func TestNewResetData(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "pre-flights errors from CLI args",
 			flags: map[string]string{
 				options.IgnorePreflightErrors: "a,b",
-				options.NodeCRISocket:         "unix:///var/run/crio/crio.sock",
+				options.NodeCRISocket:         fmt.Sprintf("%s:///var/run/crio/crio.sock", defaultURLScheme),
 			},
 			validate: expectedResetIgnorePreflightErrors(sets.New("a", "b")),
 		},
@@ -124,8 +125,8 @@ func TestNewResetData(t *testing.T) {
 				options.CfgPath: configFilePath,
 			},
 			data: &resetData{
-				certificatesDir:       "/etc/kubernetes/pki2",      // cover the case that default is overridden as well
-				criSocketPath:         "unix:///var/run/fake.sock", // cover the case that default is overridden as well
+				certificatesDir:       "/etc/kubernetes/pki2",                                   // cover the case that default is overridden as well
+				criSocketPath:         fmt.Sprintf("%s:///var/run/fake.sock", defaultURLScheme), // cover the case that default is overridden as well
 				ignorePreflightErrors: sets.New("a", "b"),
 				forceReset:            true,
 				dryRun:                true,
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ func TestNewResetData(t *testing.T) {
 					TypeMeta:              metav1.TypeMeta{Kind: "", APIVersion: ""},
 					Force:                 true,
 					CertificatesDir:       "/etc/kubernetes/pki2",
-					CRISocket:             "unix:///var/run/fake.sock",
+					CRISocket:             fmt.Sprintf("%s:///var/run/fake.sock", defaultURLScheme),
 					IgnorePreflightErrors: []string{"a", "b"},
 					CleanupTmpDir:         true,
 					DryRun:                true,
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ func TestNewResetData(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "--cri-socket flag is not allowed to mix with config",
 			flags: map[string]string{
 				options.CfgPath:       configFilePath,
-				options.NodeCRISocket: "unix:///var/run/bogus.sock",
+				options.NodeCRISocket: fmt.Sprintf("%s:///var/run/bogus.sock", defaultURLScheme),
 			},
 			expectError: "can not mix '--config' with arguments",
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue_test.go
index 0bb57058a7e..46f395ef5aa 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue_test.go
@@ -684,10 +684,20 @@ func Test_InFlightPods(t *testing.T) {
 			for _, p := range test.initialPods {
 				obj = append(obj, p)
 			}
-			q := NewTestQueueWithObjects(ctx, newDefaultQueueSort(), obj, WithQueueingHintMapPerProfile(test.queueingHintMap))
+			fakeClock := testingclock.NewFakeClock(time.Now())
+			q := NewTestQueueWithObjects(ctx, newDefaultQueueSort(), obj, WithQueueingHintMapPerProfile(test.queueingHintMap), WithClock(fakeClock))
 
+			// When a Pod is added to the queue, the QueuedPodInfo will have a new timestamp.
+			// On Windows, time.Now() is not as precise, 2 consecutive calls may return the same timestamp.
+			// Thus, all the QueuedPodInfos can have the same timestamps, which can be an issue
+			// when we're expecting them to be popped in a certain order (the Less function
+			// sorts them by Timestamps if they have the same Pod Priority).
+			// Using a fake clock for the queue and incrementing it after each added Pod will
+			// solve this issue on Windows unit test runs.
+			// For more details on the Windows clock resolution issue, see: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/8687
 			for _, p := range test.initialPods {
 				q.Add(logger, p)
+				fakeClock.Step(time.Second)
 			}
 
 			for _, action := range test.actions {