diff --git a/external-deps/spyder-kernels/.gitrepo b/external-deps/spyder-kernels/.gitrepo
index 644219eccfb..f882843c1a2 100644
--- a/external-deps/spyder-kernels/.gitrepo
+++ b/external-deps/spyder-kernels/.gitrepo
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 [subrepo]
 	remote = https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder-kernels.git
 	branch = master
-	commit = e7309e4762b8d53ae29f660dfeba7a97d0cc31f9
-	parent = b93ae11afcea16b60b392f78caae0b682e062496
+	commit = 0fbc69ff2a287cd2605236397a5ae829416c9fdc
+	parent = f214521afe0758fbf5e8fbb9b38a1c18e8246271
 	method = merge
 	cmdver = 0.4.3
diff --git a/external-deps/spyder-kernels/spyder_kernels/customize/utils.py b/external-deps/spyder-kernels/spyder_kernels/customize/utils.py
index b39e4b74d6d..02d4e236f3c 100644
--- a/external-deps/spyder-kernels/spyder_kernels/customize/utils.py
+++ b/external-deps/spyder-kernels/spyder_kernels/customize/utils.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def path_is_library(path, initial_pathlist=None):
         # library or installed to site-packages.
         return True
     elif os.name == 'nt':
-        if re.search(r'.*/pkgs/.*', path):
+        if re.search(r'.*\\pkgs\\.*', path):
             return True
         else:
             return False