diff --git a/packages/driver/src/cypress/source_map_utils.ts b/packages/driver/src/cypress/source_map_utils.ts
index 035e4db11dd2..a6a5b2f31b91 100644
--- a/packages/driver/src/cypress/source_map_utils.ts
+++ b/packages/driver/src/cypress/source_map_utils.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import type { BasicSourceMapConsumer } from 'source-map'
 import mappingsWasm from 'source-map/lib/mappings.wasm'
 
 import $utils from './utils'
-import stackUtils from './stack_utils'
+import { toPosix } from './util/to_posix'
 
 const sourceMapExtractionRegex = /\/\/\s*[@#]\s*sourceMappingURL\s*=\s*(data:[^\s]*)/g
 const regexDataUrl = /data:[^;\n]+(?:;charset=[^;\n]+)?;base64,([a-zA-Z0-9+/]+={0,2})/ // matches data urls
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const initializeSourceMapConsumer = async (script, sourceMap): Promise<BasicSour
 
   const consumer = await new SourceMapConsumer(sourceMap)
 
-  sourceMapConsumers[stackUtils.toPosix(script.fullyQualifiedUrl)] = consumer
+  sourceMapConsumers[toPosix(script.fullyQualifiedUrl)] = consumer
 
   return consumer
 }
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const extractSourceMap = (fileContents) => {
 }
 
 const getSourceContents = (filePath, sourceFile) => {
-  const posixFilePath = stackUtils.toPosix(filePath)
+  const posixFilePath = toPosix(filePath)
 
   if (!sourceMapConsumers[posixFilePath]) return null
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ const getSourceContents = (filePath, sourceFile) => {
 }
 
 const getSourcePosition = (filePath, position) => {
-  const posixFilePath = stackUtils.toPosix(filePath)
+  const posixFilePath = toPosix(filePath)
   const sourceMapConsumer = sourceMapConsumers[posixFilePath]
 
   if (!sourceMapConsumer) return null
diff --git a/packages/driver/src/cypress/stack_utils.ts b/packages/driver/src/cypress/stack_utils.ts
index 3da82879709f..ae4875a4eaf0 100644
--- a/packages/driver/src/cypress/stack_utils.ts
+++ b/packages/driver/src/cypress/stack_utils.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { codeFrameColumns } from '@babel/code-frame'
 
 import $utils from './utils'
 import $sourceMapUtils from './source_map_utils'
-
+import { toPosix } from './util/to_posix'
 // Intentionally deep-importing from @packages/errors so as to not bundle the entire @packages/errors in the client unnecessarily
 import { getStackLines, replacedStack, stackWithoutMessage, splitStack, unsplitStack, stackLineRegex } from '@packages/errors/src/stackUtils'
 
@@ -184,12 +184,6 @@ const getCodeFrameFromSource = (sourceCode, { line, column: originalColumn, rela
   }
 }
 
-export const toPosix = (file: string) => {
-  return Cypress.config('platform') === 'win32'
-    ? file.replaceAll('\\', '/')
-    : file
-}
-
 const getRelativePathFromRoot = (relativeFile: string, absoluteFile?: string) => {
   // at this point relativeFile is relative to the cypress config
   // we need it to be relative to the repo root, which is different for monorepos
@@ -549,5 +543,4 @@ export default {
   stackWithUserInvocationStackSpliced,
   captureUserInvocationStack,
   getInvocationDetails,
-  toPosix,
 }
diff --git a/packages/driver/src/cypress/util/to_posix.ts b/packages/driver/src/cypress/util/to_posix.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4361abd46bee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/driver/src/cypress/util/to_posix.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export const toPosix = (file: string) => {
+  return Cypress.config('platform') === 'win32'
+    ? file.replaceAll('\\', '/')
+    : file
+}
diff --git a/packages/driver/test/unit/cypress/util/toPosix.spec.ts b/packages/driver/test/unit/cypress/util/toPosix.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b1c76f821471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/driver/test/unit/cypress/util/toPosix.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/**
+ * @vitest-environment jsdom
+ */
+
+import { vi, describe, it, expect, beforeEach, MockedFunction } from 'vitest'
+
+import { toPosix } from '../../../../src/cypress/util/to_posix'
+
+describe('toPosix', () => {
+  let config: MockedFunction<any>
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    config = vi.fn()
+
+    // @ts-expect-error
+    global.Cypress = {
+      config,
+    }
+  })
+
+  describe('on windows', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      config.mockReturnValue('win32')
+    })
+
+    it('replaces backslashes with forward slashes', () => {
+      expect(toPosix('C:\\some\\file')).toEqual('C:/some/file')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe(`on other OS'`, () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      config.mockReturnValue('darwin64')
+    })
+
+    it('performs as an identity function', () => {
+      expect(toPosix('/some/file')).toEqual('/some/file')
+    })
+  })
+})