diff --git a/.changeset/violet-parents-mix.md b/.changeset/violet-parents-mix.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..886d1a20dae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/violet-parents-mix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-astro': patch
+---
+
+Skip Houston on Windows until we can debug the prompt issue
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/package.json b/packages/create-astro/package.json
index 6a6fa0664373..a129f0863850 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-astro/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "tsconfigs"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "@astrojs/cli-kit": "^0.1.4",
+    "@astrojs/cli-kit": "^0.1.6",
     "chalk": "^5.0.1",
     "comment-json": "^4.2.3",
     "execa": "^6.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts b/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts
index 9fe81f9873d5..1e934fc9b6b9 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 import { downloadTemplate } from 'giget';
 import { bold, dim, green, reset, yellow } from 'kleur/colors';
 import ora from 'ora';
+import { platform } from 'os';
 import path from 'path';
 import prompts from 'prompts';
 import detectPackageManager from 'which-pm-runs';
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ import { TEMPLATES } from './templates.js';
 // fixes the issue so that create-astro now works on all npm version.
 const cleanArgv = process.argv.filter((arg) => arg !== '--');
 const args = yargs(cleanArgv, { boolean: ['fancy'] });
+// Always skip Houston on Windows (for now)
+if (platform() === 'win32') args.skipHouston = true;
 prompts.override(args);
 
 // Enable full unicode support if the `--fancy` flag is passed
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 8044455dacd9..d72416a7c98b 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -2583,7 +2583,7 @@ importers:
 
   packages/create-astro:
     specifiers:
-      '@astrojs/cli-kit': ^0.1.4
+      '@astrojs/cli-kit': ^0.1.6
       '@types/chai': ^4.3.1
       '@types/degit': ^2.8.3
       '@types/mocha': ^9.1.1
@@ -2605,7 +2605,7 @@ importers:
       which-pm-runs: ^1.1.0
       yargs-parser: ^21.0.1
     dependencies:
-      '@astrojs/cli-kit': 0.1.5
+      '@astrojs/cli-kit': 0.1.6
       chalk: 5.1.2
       comment-json: 4.2.3
       execa: 6.1.0
@@ -3960,8 +3960,8 @@ packages:
       lite-youtube-embed: 0.2.0
     dev: false
 
-  /@astrojs/cli-kit/0.1.5:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-i0eYbGvg6pTz2A5bsMd5QnBTqA7WusXu4YUYzV2x6uPKkiO62TZK1aPK/llGaKaYC3riCVP/qahOK5v/lsrkdA==}
+  /@astrojs/cli-kit/0.1.6:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-hC0Z7kh4T5QdtfPJVyZ6qmNCqWFYg67zS64AxPm9Y8QVYfeXOdXfL3PaNPGbNtGmczmYJ7cBn/ImgXd/RTTc5g==}
     dependencies:
       chalk: 5.1.2
       log-update: 5.0.1