diff --git a/test/integration/targets/win_reboot/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/win_reboot/tasks/main.yml
index 68ce7db812..da2010339d 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/win_reboot/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/win_reboot/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 ---
+- name: make sure win output dir exists
+  win_file:
+    path: "{{win_output_dir}}"
+    state: directory
+
 - name: reboot with defaults
   win_reboot:
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/win_uri/aliases b/test/integration/targets/win_uri/aliases
index c6d6198167..fe015d5d00 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/win_uri/aliases
+++ b/test/integration/targets/win_uri/aliases
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 windows/ci/group3
+unstable