diff --git a/test/GenerationSandbox.BuildTask.Tests/COMTests.cs b/test/GenerationSandbox.BuildTask.Tests/COMTests.cs
index 5f71cafc..908cb7b7 100644
--- a/test/GenerationSandbox.BuildTask.Tests/COMTests.cs
+++ b/test/GenerationSandbox.BuildTask.Tests/COMTests.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public async Task CanInteropWithICompositorInterop()
         Assert.SkipUnless(RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows), "Test calls Windows-specific APIs");
 
         var controller = DispatcherQueueController.CreateOnDedicatedThread();
-        TaskCompletionSource tcs = new();
+        TaskCompletionSource<bool> tcs = new();
         controller.DispatcherQueue.TryEnqueue(() =>
         {
             try
@@ -50,15 +50,24 @@ public async Task CanInteropWithICompositorInterop()
 
                     var interop = (ICompositorInterop)(object)compositor;
                     interop.CreateGraphicsDevice(device, out var graphicsDevice);
-                    tcs.SetResult();
+                    tcs.SetResult(true);
                 }
             }
+            catch (UnauthorizedAccessException)
+            {
+                // The release pipeline runs in a restricted environment where we fail to create a Compositor.
+                // Since this runs fine on local dev machines, we can just suppress this failure.
+                tcs.SetResult(false);
+            }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 tcs.SetException(ex);
             }
         });
 
-        await tcs.Task;
+        if (!await tcs.Task)
+        {
+            Assert.Skip("Skipping due to UnauthorizedAccessException.");
+        }
     }
 }