diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dc2c42a..f6f8cf2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 .PHONY: up down seed logs build test
 
+# GNU Make for Windows dispatches recipes through cmd.exe and does not honor
+# a Makefile SHELL reassignment for that dispatch, so cmd chokes on `./mvnw`
+# and `chmod`. Route recipes through Git Bash explicitly instead of relying
+# on `bash` resolving on PATH — on machines with WSL installed, plain `bash`
+# can resolve to the WSL launcher stub ahead of Git Bash.
+ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
+BASH := "C:/Program Files/Git/bin/bash.exe"
+else
+BASH := bash
+endif
+
 up:
 	docker compose up -d
 
@@ -7,13 +18,13 @@ down:
 	docker compose down
 
 seed:
-	@chmod +x scripts/bootstrap.sh && ./scripts/bootstrap.sh
+	@$(BASH) -c "chmod +x scripts/bootstrap.sh && ./scripts/bootstrap.sh"
 
 build:
-	./mvnw install -DskipTests
+	$(BASH) -c "./mvnw install -DskipTests"
 
 test:
-	./mvnw verify
+	$(BASH) -c "./mvnw verify"
 
 logs:
 	docker compose logs -f