diff --git a/lib/diagnostics.js b/lib/diagnostics.js
index 4743424e96..a8d3ccd055 100644
--- a/lib/diagnostics.js
+++ b/lib/diagnostics.js
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ function writeDiagnostic(config, language, diagnostic) {
     try {
         // Create the directory if it doesn't exist yet.
         (0, fs_1.mkdirSync)(diagnosticsPath, { recursive: true });
-        const jsonPath = path_1.default.resolve(diagnosticsPath, `codeql-action-${diagnostic.timestamp}.json`);
+        const jsonPath = path_1.default.resolve(diagnosticsPath, 
+        // Remove colons from the timestamp as these are not allowed in Windows filenames.
+        `codeql-action-${diagnostic.timestamp.replaceAll(":", "")}.json`);
         (0, fs_1.writeFileSync)(jsonPath, JSON.stringify(diagnostic));
     }
     catch (err) {
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index bee7607358..ad057d1f55 100644
--- a/lib/diagnostics.js.map
+++ b/lib/diagnostics.js.map
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diff --git a/src/diagnostics.ts b/src/diagnostics.ts
index b8c840c3e1..b3d18b23cb 100644
--- a/src/diagnostics.ts
+++ b/src/diagnostics.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ function writeDiagnostic(
 
     const jsonPath = path.resolve(
       diagnosticsPath,
-      `codeql-action-${diagnostic.timestamp}.json`,
+      // Remove colons from the timestamp as these are not allowed in Windows filenames.
+      `codeql-action-${diagnostic.timestamp.replaceAll(":", "")}.json`,
     );
 
     writeFileSync(jsonPath, JSON.stringify(diagnostic));