diff --git a/lib/core/updater/installers/update_install_utils.dart b/lib/core/updater/installers/update_install_utils.dart
index decfe319..70264f64 100644
--- a/lib/core/updater/installers/update_install_utils.dart
+++ b/lib/core/updater/installers/update_install_utils.dart
@@ -212,7 +212,11 @@ if %ERRORLEVEL%==0 (
   timeout /t 1 /nobreak >NUL
   goto wait
 )
-xcopy /E /Y /I "%SRC%\\*" "%DST%\\"
+robocopy "%SRC%" "%DST%" /MIR /XD "QueryaData" /XF ".portable" /R:2 /W:1
+if %ERRORLEVEL% GEQ 8 (
+  echo Update failed with error %ERRORLEVEL%
+  exit /b %ERRORLEVEL%
+)
 start "" "%EXE%"
 del "%~f0"
 ''';
diff --git a/test/core/updater/update_platform_installer_test.dart b/test/core/updater/update_platform_installer_test.dart
index e0d22f6a..686000f6 100644
--- a/test/core/updater/update_platform_installer_test.dart
+++ b/test/core/updater/update_platform_installer_test.dart
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ void main() {
       );
     });
 
-    test('windows batch script waits for pid', () {
+    test('windows batch script waits for pid and uses robocopy mirror with exclusions', () {
       final batch = buildWindowsReplaceBatch(
         pid: 99,
         sourceDir: 'C:\\tmp\\new',
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ void main() {
       );
       expect(batch, contains('set PID=99'));
       expect(batch, contains('querya_desktop.exe'));
+      expect(batch, contains('robocopy "%SRC%" "%DST%" /MIR /XD "QueryaData" /XF ".portable" /R:2 /W:1'));
+      expect(batch, contains('if %ERRORLEVEL% GEQ 8'));
     });
   });