diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/parser/test_unsupported.py b/pandas/tests/io/parser/test_unsupported.py
index 0d383cc4bde8f..e223378b600e0 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/parser/test_unsupported.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/parser/test_unsupported.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
+from pandas.compat import is_platform_windows
 from pandas.errors import ParserError
 
 import pandas._testing as tm
@@ -173,6 +174,9 @@ def test_close_file_handle_on_invalide_usecols(all_parsers):
     if parser.engine == "pyarrow":
         pyarrow = pytest.importorskip("pyarrow")
         error = pyarrow.lib.ArrowKeyError
+        if is_platform_windows():
+            # GH#45547 causes timeouts on windows builds
+            pytest.skip("GH#45547 causing timeouts on windows builds 2022-01-22")
 
     with tm.ensure_clean("test.csv") as fname:
         Path(fname).write_text("col1,col2\na,b\n1,2")