diff --git a/lib/old-versions-utils.js b/lib/old-versions-utils.js
index f17ad8c4c3..d234ef49e0 100644
--- a/lib/old-versions-utils.js
+++ b/lib/old-versions-utils.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function getNewVersionedPath (oldPath, languageCode = '') {
   const restOfString = oldPath.replace(patterns.oldEnterprisePath, '')
 
   // Add the language and new version to the product part of the string
-  return path.join('/', languageCode, newVersion, restOfString)
+  return path.posix.join('/', languageCode, newVersion, restOfString)
 }
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/lib/permalink.js b/lib/permalink.js
index 8ac4852080..241f33bb0d 100644
--- a/lib/permalink.js
+++ b/lib/permalink.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class Permalink {
 
     const permalinkSuffix = this.constructor.relativePathToSuffix(relativePath)
 
-    this.href = removeFPTFromPath(path.join('/', languageCode, pageVersion, permalinkSuffix))
+    this.href = removeFPTFromPath(path.posix.join('/', languageCode, pageVersion, permalinkSuffix))
       .replace(patterns.trailingSlash, '$1')
 
     this.pageVersionTitle = allVersions[pageVersion].versionTitle
diff --git a/lib/redirects/get-docs-path-from-developer-path.js b/lib/redirects/get-docs-path-from-developer-path.js
index bf7f0a0b5d..77f6930b83 100644
--- a/lib/redirects/get-docs-path-from-developer-path.js
+++ b/lib/redirects/get-docs-path-from-developer-path.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ module.exports = function getDocsPathFromDeveloperPath (oldDeveloperPath, allRed
 
   // old developer routes that include 'enterprise-admin' should always redirect to enterprise server
   if (fragment && newPath.includes('/rest/reference/enterprise-admin') && !patterns.enterpriseServer.test(newPath)) {
-    newPath = path.join('/en', `enterprise-server@${latest}`, getPathWithoutLanguage(getPathWithoutVersion(newPath)))
+    newPath = path.posix.join('/en', `enterprise-server@${latest}`, getPathWithoutLanguage(getPathWithoutVersion(newPath)))
   }
 
   // show an error if the page to be redirected to doesn't exist
diff --git a/lib/redirects/permalinks.js b/lib/redirects/permalinks.js
index b4fffb4cee..d6c91dd307 100644
--- a/lib/redirects/permalinks.js
+++ b/lib/redirects/permalinks.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module.exports = function generateRedirectsForPermalinks (permalinks, redirectFr
       }
 
       // get the old path for the current permalink version
-      let versionedFrontmatterOldPath = path.join('/', permalink.languageCode, getNewVersionedPath(frontmatterOldPath))
+      let versionedFrontmatterOldPath = path.posix.join('/', permalink.languageCode, getNewVersionedPath(frontmatterOldPath))
       const versionFromPath = getVersionStringFromPath(versionedFrontmatterOldPath)
       versionedFrontmatterOldPath = removeFPTFromPath(versionedFrontmatterOldPath.replace(versionFromPath, permalink.pageVersion))
 
diff --git a/lib/rewrite-local-links.js b/lib/rewrite-local-links.js
index 76e30b6264..947c684684 100644
--- a/lib/rewrite-local-links.js
+++ b/lib/rewrite-local-links.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function getNewHref (link, languageCode, version) {
     const hrefWithoutLang = getPathWithoutLanguage(href)
 
     // normalize any legacy links so they conform to new link structure
-    newHref = path.join('/', languageCode, getNewVersionedPath(hrefWithoutLang))
+    newHref = path.posix.join('/', languageCode, getNewVersionedPath(hrefWithoutLang))
 
     // get the current version from the link
     const versionFromHref = getVersionStringFromPath(newHref)
diff --git a/lib/site-tree.js b/lib/site-tree.js
index 99eb62ff6b..8190ebd48e 100644
--- a/lib/site-tree.js
+++ b/lib/site-tree.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ module.exports = async function buildSiteTree (pageMap, site, redirects) {
           return
         }
 
-        product.href = path.join('/', languageCode, item.href)
+        product.href = path.posix.join('/', languageCode, item.href)
 
         // find the product TOC page so we have access to the TOC items
         const page = findPage(item.href, pageMap, redirects)
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function buildCategoriesTree (tocItems, versionedProductHref, pageMap, redirects
   tocItems.forEach(item => {
     const category = {}
 
-    category.href = path.join(versionedProductHref, item.href)
+    category.href = path.posix.join(versionedProductHref, item.href)
 
     // find the category TOC page and get its TOC items
     const page = findPage(category.href, pageMap, redirects)
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ function buildMaptopicsTree (tocItems, versionedCategoryHref, pageMap, redirects
     .forEach(item => {
       const maptopic = {}
 
-      maptopic.href = path.join(versionedCategoryHref, item.href)
+      maptopic.href = path.posix.join(versionedCategoryHref, item.href)
 
       // find the category TOC page and get its TOC items
       const page = findPage(maptopic.href, pageMap, redirects)
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ function buildArticlesTree (tocItems, versionedCategoryHref, pageMap, redirects,
   tocItems.forEach(item => {
     const article = {}
 
-    article.href = path.join(versionedCategoryHref, item.href)
+    article.href = path.posix.join(versionedCategoryHref, item.href)
 
     // find the category TOC page and get its TOC items
     const page = findPage(article.href, pageMap, redirects)