diff --git a/.changelog/11183.txt b/.changelog/11183.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a2775017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/11183.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+client: Fixed a bug where network speed fingerprint could fail on Windows
+```
diff --git a/client/fingerprint/network_windows.go b/client/fingerprint/network_windows.go
index 0361e1c1c..c843da32e 100644
--- a/client/fingerprint/network_windows.go
+++ b/client/fingerprint/network_windows.go
@@ -9,44 +9,22 @@ import (
 
 // linkSpeed returns link speed in Mb/s, or 0 when unable to determine it.
 func (f *NetworkFingerprint) linkSpeed(device string) int {
-	command := fmt.Sprintf("Get-NetAdapter -IncludeHidden | Where name -eq '%s' | Select -ExpandProperty LinkSpeed", device)
+	command := fmt.Sprintf("Get-NetAdapter -Name '%s' -ErrorAction Ignore | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'Speed'", device)
 	path := "powershell.exe"
-	outBytes, err := exec.Command(path, command).Output()
+	powershellParams := "-NoProfile"
 
+	outBytes, err := exec.Command(path, powershellParams, command).Output()
 	if err != nil {
 		f.logger.Warn("failed to detect link speed", "device", device, "path", path, "command", command, "error", err)
 		return 0
 	}
-
 	output := strings.TrimSpace(string(outBytes))
 
-	return f.parseLinkSpeed(device, output)
-}
-
-func (f *NetworkFingerprint) parseLinkSpeed(device, commandOutput string) int {
-	args := strings.Split(commandOutput, " ")
-	if len(args) != 2 {
-		f.logger.Warn("couldn't split LinkSpeed output", "device", device, "output", commandOutput)
-		return 0
-	}
-
-	unit := strings.Replace(args[1], "\r\n", "", -1)
-	value, err := strconv.Atoi(args[0])
+	value, err := strconv.Atoi(output)
 	if err != nil {
-		f.logger.Warn("unable to parse LinkSpeed value", "device", device, "value", commandOutput, "error", err)
+		f.logger.Warn("unable to parse Speed value", "device", device, "value", output, "error", err)
 		return 0
 	}
 
-	switch unit {
-	case "Mbps":
-		return value
-	case "Kbps":
-		return value / 1000
-	case "Gbps":
-		return value * 1000
-	case "bps":
-		return value / 1000000
-	}
-
-	return 0
+	return value / 1000000
 }
diff --git a/client/fingerprint/network_windows_test.go b/client/fingerprint/network_windows_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 96482bc74..000000000
--- a/client/fingerprint/network_windows_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-package fingerprint
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper/testlog"
-)
-
-func TestNetworkFingerPrint_linkspeed_parse(t *testing.T) {
-	f := &NetworkFingerprint{logger: testlog.HCLogger(t), interfaceDetector: &DefaultNetworkInterfaceDetector{}}
-
-	var outputTests = []struct {
-		in  string
-		out int
-	}{
-		{"10 Mbps", 10},
-		{"2 bps", 0},
-		{"1 Gbps", 1000},
-		{"2Mbps", 0},
-		{"1000 Kbps", 1},
-		{"1 Kbps", 0},
-		{"0 Mbps", 0},
-		{"2 2 Mbps", 0},
-		{"a Mbps", 0},
-		{"1 Tbps", 0},
-	}
-
-	for _, ot := range outputTests {
-		out := f.parseLinkSpeed(ot.in)
-		if out != ot.out {
-			t.Errorf("parseLinkSpeed(%s) => %d, should be %d", ot.in, out, ot.out)
-		}
-	}
-}