diff --git a/.github/workflows/kafka_api_ci_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/kafka_api_ci_tests.yml
index 1ca2a5e40..26d6044b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kafka_api_ci_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kafka_api_ci_tests.yml
@@ -300,6 +300,8 @@ jobs:
 
           # Install googletest
           vcpkg install gtest
+          ls  "C:\VCPKG\INSTALLED\x86-windows\lib"
+
           cp -v "C:\VCPKG\INSTALLED\x86-windows\lib\manual-link\gtest_main*" "C:\VCPKG\INSTALLED\x86-windows\lib\"
           cp -v "C:\VCPKG\INSTALLED\x86-windows\lib\manual-link\gtest_main*" "C:\VCPKG\INSTALLED\x86-windows\lib\"
 
diff --git a/scripts/start-local-kafka-cluster.py b/scripts/start-local-kafka-cluster.py
index 6856460b3..a39c0dec7 100755
--- a/scripts/start-local-kafka-cluster.py
+++ b/scripts/start-local-kafka-cluster.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def main():
             cmd = 'lsof -nP -iTCP:{0} | grep LISTEN'.format(brokerPort)
             cmdCall = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
             (out, err) = cmdCall.communicate();
-            matched = re.search('[^\s-]+ +([0-9]+) +.*', out.decode('utf-8'))
+            matched = re.search(r'[^\s-]+ +([0-9]+) +.*', out.decode('utf-8'))
             if matched:
                 kafkaBrokerPids.append(matched.group(1))