diff --git a/common/os.go b/common/os.go
index 60a4217aa..00f4da57b 100644
--- a/common/os.go
+++ b/common/os.go
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ func WriteFileAtomic(filename string, data []byte, perm os.FileMode) error {
 	} else if n < len(data) {
 		return io.ErrShortWrite
 	}
+	// Close the file before renaming it, otherwise it will cause "The process 
+	// cannot access the file because it is being used by another process." on windows.
+	f.Close()
 
 	return os.Rename(f.Name(), filename)
 }