diff --git a/images/win/scripts/Installers/Wait-WindowsUpdatesForInstall.ps1 b/images/win/scripts/Installers/Wait-WindowsUpdatesForInstall.ps1
index 2039e9396..912f884c9 100644
--- a/images/win/scripts/Installers/Wait-WindowsUpdatesForInstall.ps1
+++ b/images/win/scripts/Installers/Wait-WindowsUpdatesForInstall.ps1
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 Invoke-SBWithRetry -RetryCount 10 -RetryIntervalSeconds 120 -Command {
-    $inProgress = Get-WindowsUpdatesHistory | Where-Object Status -eq "InProgress"
+    $inProgress = Get-WindowsUpdatesHistory | Where-Object Status -eq "InProgress" | Where-Object Title -notmatch "Microsoft Defender Antivirus"
     if ( $inProgress ) {
         $title = $inProgress.Title -join "`n"
         throw "InProgress: $title"
diff --git a/images/win/scripts/Tests/WindowsFeatures.Tests.ps1 b/images/win/scripts/Tests/WindowsFeatures.Tests.ps1
index 973105396..14b708f96 100644
--- a/images/win/scripts/Tests/WindowsFeatures.Tests.ps1
+++ b/images/win/scripts/Tests/WindowsFeatures.Tests.ps1
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Describe "Windows Updates" {
     It "<Title>" -TestCases $testCases {
         $expect = "Successful"
         if ( $Title -match "Microsoft Defender Antivirus" ) {
-            $expect = "Successful", "Failure"
+            $expect = "Successful", "Failure", "InProgress"
         }
 
         $Status | Should -BeIn $expect