diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f94672cff05..381be49d430 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -14,17 +14,31 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    name: test ${{ matrix.rust }} ${{ matrix.flags }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: test ${{ matrix.os }} ${{ matrix.rust }} ${{ matrix.flags }}
     timeout-minutes: 30
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        rust: ["stable", "nightly", "1.76"] # MSRV
-        flags: ["--no-default-features", "", "--all-features"]
-        exclude:
-          # Some features have higher MSRV.
-          - rust: "1.76" # MSRV
+        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "windows-latest"]
+        rust: [
+          "stable",
+          "nightly",
+          "1.76" # MSRV
+        ]
+        flags: [
+          # No features
+          "--no-default-features",
+          # Default features
+          "",
+        ]
+        include:
+          # All features
+          - os: "ubuntu-latest"
+            rust: "stable"
+            flags: "--all-features"
+          - os: "ubuntu-latest"
+            rust: "nightly"
             flags: "--all-features"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -49,6 +63,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ matrix.rust == '1.76' }} # MSRV
         run: cargo build --workspace ${{ matrix.flags }}
       - name: test
+        shell: bash
         if: ${{ matrix.rust != '1.76' }} # MSRV
         run: cargo nextest run --workspace ${{ matrix.flags }}
 
diff --git a/crates/node-bindings/src/geth.rs b/crates/node-bindings/src/geth.rs
index 0233310137d..6bbf44e60b3 100644
--- a/crates/node-bindings/src/geth.rs
+++ b/crates/node-bindings/src/geth.rs
@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ impl GethInstance {
         format!("ws://localhost:{}", self.port)
     }
 
+    /// Returns the IPC endpoint of this instance
+    pub fn ipc_endpoint(&self) -> String {
+        if let Some(ipc) = self.ipc.clone() {
+            ipc.display().to_string()
+        } else {
+            "geth.ipc".to_string()
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Returns the HTTP endpoint url of this instance
     pub fn endpoint_url(&self) -> Url {
         Url::parse(&self.endpoint()).unwrap()
@@ -87,11 +96,6 @@ impl GethInstance {
         Url::parse(&self.ws_endpoint()).unwrap()
     }
 
-    /// Returns the path to this instances' IPC socket
-    pub fn ipc_path(&self) -> &Option<PathBuf> {
-        &self.ipc
-    }
-
     /// Returns the path to this instances' data directory
     pub fn data_dir(&self) -> &Option<PathBuf> {
         &self.data_dir
@@ -246,6 +250,7 @@ pub struct Geth {
     port: Option<u16>,
     authrpc_port: Option<u16>,
     ipc_path: Option<PathBuf>,
+    ipc_enabled: bool,
     data_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
     chain_id: Option<u64>,
     insecure_unlock: bool,
@@ -355,6 +360,12 @@ impl Geth {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Enable IPC for the geth instance.
+    pub fn enable_ipc(mut self) -> Self {
+        self.ipc_enabled = true;
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Disable discovery for the geth instance.
     ///
     /// This will put the geth instance into non-dev mode, discarding any previously set dev-mode
@@ -428,6 +439,11 @@ impl Geth {
         let mut port = self.port.unwrap_or(0);
         let port_s = port.to_string();
 
+        // If IPC is not enabled on the builder, disable it.
+        if !self.ipc_enabled {
+            cmd.arg("--ipcdisable");
+        }
+
         // Open the HTTP API
         cmd.arg("--http");
         cmd.arg("--http.port").arg(&port_s);
diff --git a/crates/provider/src/ext/admin.rs b/crates/provider/src/ext/admin.rs
index 5d882211695..895c93f4078 100644
--- a/crates/provider/src/ext/admin.rs
+++ b/crates/provider/src/ext/admin.rs
@@ -74,10 +74,11 @@ mod test {
 
     use super::*;
     use alloy_node_bindings::Geth;
+    use tempfile::TempDir;
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn node_info() {
-        let temp_dir = tempfile::TempDir::with_prefix("reth-test-").unwrap();
+        let temp_dir = TempDir::with_prefix("geth-test-").unwrap();
         let geth = Geth::new().disable_discovery().data_dir(temp_dir.path()).spawn();
         let provider = ProviderBuilder::new().on_http(geth.endpoint_url());
         let node_info = provider.node_info().await.unwrap();
@@ -86,8 +87,8 @@ mod test {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn admin_peers() {
-        let temp_dir = tempfile::TempDir::with_prefix("reth-test-1").unwrap();
-        let temp_dir_2 = tempfile::TempDir::with_prefix("reth-test-2").unwrap();
+        let temp_dir = TempDir::with_prefix("geth-test-1").unwrap();
+        let temp_dir_2 = TempDir::with_prefix("geth-test-2").unwrap();
         let geth1 = Geth::new().disable_discovery().data_dir(temp_dir.path()).spawn();
         let mut geth2 =
             Geth::new().disable_discovery().port(0u16).data_dir(temp_dir_2.path()).spawn();
diff --git a/crates/provider/src/ext/txpool.rs b/crates/provider/src/ext/txpool.rs
index 485dc443a12..6dc51c349d6 100644
--- a/crates/provider/src/ext/txpool.rs
+++ b/crates/provider/src/ext/txpool.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_txpool_content() {
-        let temp_dir = tempfile::TempDir::with_prefix("reth-test-").unwrap();
+        let temp_dir = tempfile::TempDir::with_prefix("geth-test-").unwrap();
         let geth = Geth::new().disable_discovery().data_dir(temp_dir.path()).spawn();
         let provider = ProviderBuilder::new().on_http(geth.endpoint_url());
         let content = provider.txpool_content().await.unwrap();
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_txpool_content_from() {
-        let temp_dir = tempfile::TempDir::with_prefix("reth-test-").unwrap();
+        let temp_dir = tempfile::TempDir::with_prefix("geth-test-").unwrap();
         let geth = Geth::new().disable_discovery().data_dir(temp_dir.path()).spawn();
         let provider = ProviderBuilder::new().on_http(geth.endpoint_url());
         let content = provider.txpool_content_from(Address::default()).await.unwrap();
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_txpool_inspect() {
-        let temp_dir = tempfile::TempDir::with_prefix("reth-test-").unwrap();
+        let temp_dir = tempfile::TempDir::with_prefix("geth-test-").unwrap();
         let geth = Geth::new().disable_discovery().data_dir(temp_dir.path()).spawn();
         let provider = ProviderBuilder::new().on_http(geth.endpoint_url());
         let content = provider.txpool_inspect().await.unwrap();
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_txpool_status() {
-        let temp_dir = tempfile::TempDir::with_prefix("reth-test-").unwrap();
+        let temp_dir = tempfile::TempDir::with_prefix("geth-test-").unwrap();
         let geth = Geth::new().disable_discovery().data_dir(temp_dir.path()).spawn();
         let provider = ProviderBuilder::new().on_http(geth.endpoint_url());
         let content = provider.txpool_status().await.unwrap();
diff --git a/crates/rpc-client/Cargo.toml b/crates/rpc-client/Cargo.toml
index 540259748bf..7e39caec7ef 100644
--- a/crates/rpc-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rpc-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ alloy-transport-ipc = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 alloy-primitives.workspace = true
 alloy-node-bindings.workspace = true
 alloy-transport-ipc = { workspace = true, features = ["mock"] }
+alloy-transport-ws.workspace = true
 
 tempfile = "3"
 futures-util.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/rpc-client/tests/it/ipc.rs b/crates/rpc-client/tests/it/ipc.rs
index 11f20c9ebe8..d5ba46c3d5b 100644
--- a/crates/rpc-client/tests/it/ipc.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc-client/tests/it/ipc.rs
@@ -1,30 +1,23 @@
-use alloy_node_bindings::{Geth, GethInstance};
+use alloy_node_bindings::Geth;
 use alloy_primitives::U64;
-use alloy_pubsub::PubSubFrontend;
-use alloy_rpc_client::{ClientBuilder, RpcCall, RpcClient};
+use alloy_rpc_client::{ClientBuilder, RpcCall};
 use alloy_transport_ipc::IpcConnect;
-use tempfile::NamedTempFile;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-async fn connect() -> (RpcClient<PubSubFrontend>, GethInstance) {
-    let temp_file = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
-    let path = temp_file.into_temp_path().to_path_buf();
-    let geth = Geth::new().block_time(1u64).ipc_path(&path).spawn();
-
-    // [Windows named pipes](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/ipc/named-pipes)
-    // are located at `\\<machine_address>\pipe\<pipe_name>`.
-    #[cfg(windows)]
-    let path = format!(r"\\.\pipe\{}", path.display());
-
-    let connector: IpcConnect<_> = path.into();
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn it_makes_a_request() {
+    let temp_dir = tempfile::TempDir::with_prefix("geth-test-").unwrap();
+    let geth = Geth::new()
+        .disable_discovery()
+        .ipc_path(temp_dir.path().join("alloy.ipc"))
+        .enable_ipc()
+        .block_time(1u64)
+        .data_dir(temp_dir.path())
+        .spawn();
 
+    let connector: IpcConnect<_> = PathBuf::from(geth.ipc_endpoint()).into();
     let client = ClientBuilder::default().pubsub(connector).await.unwrap();
 
-    (client, geth)
-}
-
-#[tokio::test]
-async fn it_makes_a_request() {
-    let (client, _geth) = connect().await;
     let req: RpcCall<_, (), U64> = client.request("eth_blockNumber", ());
     let timeout = tokio::time::timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(2), req);
     let res = timeout.await.unwrap().unwrap();
diff --git a/crates/signer-ledger/src/signer.rs b/crates/signer-ledger/src/signer.rs
index 3bc5ef64696..028a229e0fa 100644
--- a/crates/signer-ledger/src/signer.rs
+++ b/crates/signer-ledger/src/signer.rs
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ mod tests {
     use alloy_network::TxSigner;
     use alloy_primitives::{address, bytes, U256};
     use alloy_rlp::Decodable;
+    use serial_test::serial;
     use std::sync::OnceLock;
 
     const DTYPE: DerivationType = DerivationType::LedgerLive(0);
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
-    #[serial_test::serial]
+    #[serial]
     #[ignore]
     async fn test_get_address() {
         let ledger = init_ledger().await;
@@ -319,7 +320,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
-    #[serial_test::serial]
+    #[serial]
     #[ignore]
     async fn test_version() {
         let ledger = init_ledger().await;
@@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
-    #[serial_test::serial]
+    #[serial]
     #[ignore]
     async fn test_sign_tx_legacy() {
         // https://github.com/gakonst/ethers-rs/blob/90b87bd85be98caa8bb592b67f3f9acbc8a409cf/ethers-signers/src/ledger/app.rs#L321
@@ -352,7 +353,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
-    #[serial_test::serial]
+    #[serial]
     #[ignore]
     async fn test_sign_tx_eip2930() {
         // From the Ledger Ethereum app example: https://github.com/LedgerHQ/app-ethereum/blob/2264f677568cbc1e3177f9eccb3c14a229ab3255/examples/signTx.py#L104-L106
@@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
-    #[serial_test::serial]
+    #[serial]
     #[ignore]
     async fn test_sign_tx_eip1559() {
         // From the Ledger Ethereum app example: https://github.com/LedgerHQ/app-ethereum/blob/2264f677568cbc1e3177f9eccb3c14a229ab3255/examples/signTx.py#L100-L102
@@ -390,7 +391,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
-    #[serial_test::serial]
+    #[serial]
     #[ignore]
     async fn test_sign_message() {
         let ledger = init_ledger().await;