diff --git a/tests/Avalonia.IntegrationTests.Appium/WindowTests_MacOS.cs b/tests/Avalonia.IntegrationTests.Appium/WindowTests_MacOS.cs
index 25bacc3336..3f488808b7 100644
--- a/tests/Avalonia.IntegrationTests.Appium/WindowTests_MacOS.cs
+++ b/tests/Avalonia.IntegrationTests.Appium/WindowTests_MacOS.cs
@@ -423,7 +423,10 @@ namespace Avalonia.IntegrationTests.Appium
 
         private AppiumWebElement GetWindow(string identifier)
         {
-            return GetWindow(identifier);
+            // The Avalonia a11y tree currently exposes two nested Window elements, this is a bug and should be fixed 
+            // but in the meantime use the `parent::' selector to return the parent "real" window. 
+            return Session.FindElementByXPath(
+                $"XCUIElementTypeWindow//*[@identifier='{identifier}']/parent::XCUIElementTypeWindow");
         }
 
         private int GetWindowOrder(string identifier)