diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index bf4faeb5e026..0e318a035550 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ PATH
       metasploit-concern
       metasploit-credential
       metasploit-model
-      metasploit-payloads (= 2.0.187)
+      metasploit-payloads (= 2.0.189)
       metasploit_data_models
       metasploit_payloads-mettle (= 1.0.35)
       mqtt
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ GEM
       activemodel (~> 7.0)
       activesupport (~> 7.0)
       railties (~> 7.0)
-    metasploit-payloads (2.0.187)
+    metasploit-payloads (2.0.189)
     metasploit_data_models (6.0.5)
       activerecord (~> 7.0)
       activesupport (~> 7.0)
diff --git a/LICENSE_GEMS b/LICENSE_GEMS
index c138d836a4a3..5b6fdf855ec6 100644
--- a/LICENSE_GEMS
+++ b/LICENSE_GEMS
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ metasploit-concern, 5.0.3, "New BSD"
 metasploit-credential, 6.0.11, "New BSD"
 metasploit-framework, 6.4.40, "New BSD"
 metasploit-model, 5.0.2, "New BSD"
-metasploit-payloads, 2.0.187, "3-clause (or ""modified"") BSD"
+metasploit-payloads, 2.0.189, "3-clause (or ""modified"") BSD"
 metasploit_data_models, 6.0.5, "New BSD"
 metasploit_payloads-mettle, 1.0.35, "3-clause (or ""modified"") BSD"
 method_source, 1.1.0, MIT
diff --git a/metasploit-framework.gemspec b/metasploit-framework.gemspec
index ddec5cf4b716..b2025223fe7c 100644
--- a/metasploit-framework.gemspec
+++ b/metasploit-framework.gemspec
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   # are needed when there's no database
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'metasploit-model'
   # Needed for Meterpreter
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'metasploit-payloads', '2.0.187'
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'metasploit-payloads', '2.0.189'
   # Needed for the next-generation POSIX Meterpreter
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'metasploit_payloads-mettle', '1.0.35'
   # Needed by msfgui and other rpc components
diff --git a/spec/support/acceptance/session/java.rb b/spec/support/acceptance/session/java.rb
index 99ca708eda06..029ce6e672f0 100644
--- a/spec/support/acceptance/session/java.rb
+++ b/spec/support/acceptance/session/java.rb
@@ -117,9 +117,7 @@ module Acceptance::Session
             known_failures: []
           },
           windows: {
-            known_failures: [
-              "[-] [should delete a symbolic link target] failed to create the symbolic link"
-            ]
+            known_failures: []
           }
         }
       },