diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/dir/home_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/dir/home_spec.rb
index 95bb00ad03..bbe347ba9e 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/dir/home_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/dir/home_spec.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe "Dir.home" do
     end
 
     platform_is :windows do
-      ruby_version_is "3.0" do
+      ruby_version_is "3.2" do
         it "returns the home directory with forward slashs and as UTF-8" do
           ENV['HOME'] = "C:\\rubyspäc\\home"
           home = Dir.home
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ describe "Dir.home" do
         ENV['HOMEPATH'] = "\\rubyspec\\home1"
         Dir.home.should == "C:/rubyspec/home1"
         ENV['USERPROFILE'] = "C:\\rubyspec\\home2"
-        Dir.home.should == "C:/rubyspec/home2"
+        # https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19244
+        # Dir.home.should == "C:/rubyspec/home2"
         ENV['HOME'] = "C:\\rubyspec\\home3"
         Dir.home.should == "C:/rubyspec/home3"
       ensure
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/process/spawn_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/process/spawn_spec.rb
index 7a280ccdf4..c8a58c4d04 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/process/spawn_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/process/spawn_spec.rb
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ describe "Process.spawn" do
       -> do
         wrapped_io = mock('wrapped IO')
         wrapped_io.should_receive(:to_io).and_return(file)
-        Process.wait Process.spawn('echo "Hello World"', out: wrapped_io)
+        Process.wait Process.spawn('echo Hello World', out: wrapped_io)
       end.should output_to_fd("Hello World\n", file)
     end
   end