diff --git a/test/smoke/src/areas/search/search.test.ts b/test/smoke/src/areas/search/search.test.ts
index 4ccb8634a42..3e3401fc7a3 100644
--- a/test/smoke/src/areas/search/search.test.ts
+++ b/test/smoke/src/areas/search/search.test.ts
@@ -6,18 +6,17 @@
 import * as cp from 'child_process';
 import minimist = require('minimist');
 import { Application } from '../../../../automation';
-import { afterSuite, beforeSuite } from '../../utils';
+import { afterSuite, beforeSuite, retry } from '../../utils';
 
 export function setup(opts: minimist.ParsedArgs) {
 	// https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/115244
-	// https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/132218
-	(process.platform === 'win32' ? describe.skip : describe)('Search', () => {
+	describe('Search', () => {
 		beforeSuite(opts);
 
 		after(function () {
 			const app = this.app as Application;
-			cp.execSync('git checkout . --quiet', { cwd: app.workspacePathOrFolder });
-			cp.execSync('git reset --hard HEAD --quiet', { cwd: app.workspacePathOrFolder });
+			retry(async () => cp.execSync('git checkout . --quiet', { cwd: app.workspacePathOrFolder }), 0, 5);
+			retry(async () => cp.execSync('git reset --hard HEAD --quiet', { cwd: app.workspacePathOrFolder }), 0, 5);
 		});
 
 		afterSuite(opts);
diff --git a/test/smoke/src/utils.ts b/test/smoke/src/utils.ts
index f6d25bd5009..727a994e6de 100644
--- a/test/smoke/src/utils.ts
+++ b/test/smoke/src/utils.ts
@@ -68,3 +68,23 @@ export function timeout(i: number) {
 		}, i);
 	});
 }
+
+export interface ITask<T> {
+	(): T;
+}
+
+export async function retry<T>(task: ITask<Promise<T>>, delay: number, retries: number): Promise<T> {
+	let lastError: Error | undefined;
+
+	for (let i = 0; i < retries; i++) {
+		try {
+			return await task();
+		} catch (error) {
+			lastError = error;
+
+			await timeout(delay);
+		}
+	}
+
+	throw lastError;
+}