diff --git a/src/roots.test.ts b/src/roots.test.ts
index 96d479a0..90bdaa24 100644
--- a/src/roots.test.ts
+++ b/src/roots.test.ts
@@ -24,3 +24,10 @@ assert.equal(
   resolveAllowedPath("~/file.txt", "/workspace", ["/workspace"]),
   resolve("/workspace", "~/file.txt"),
 );
+
+if (process.platform === "win32") {
+  assert.throws(
+    () => assertAllowedPath("C:\\Users\\Administrator", ["G:\\Projects\\Dev\\Github\\devspace"]),
+    /Path is outside allowed roots/,
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/roots.ts b/src/roots.ts
index 0ebd49ab..214ffb2b 100644
--- a/src/roots.ts
+++ b/src/roots.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { homedir } from "node:os";
-import { relative, resolve, sep } from "node:path";
+import { isAbsolute, relative, resolve, sep } from "node:path";
 
 export class AccessDeniedError extends Error {
   constructor(message: string) {
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ export function isPathInsideRoot(path: string, root: string): boolean {
 
   return (
     relationship === "" ||
-    (!relationship.startsWith("..") && relationship !== ".." && !relationship.includes(`..${sep}`))
+    (!isAbsolute(relationship) &&
+      !relationship.startsWith("..") &&
+      relationship !== ".." &&
+      !relationship.includes(`..${sep}`))
   );
 }