diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0a218c43e..bd0413d9c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ Makefile
 !scripts/Makefile
 cmake_install.cmake
 scripts/xunittests.xml
+scripts/pestertests.xml
 scripts/powershell.inc
 .bash_history
diff --git a/ext-src/pester b/ext-src/pester
index dc5d38853..1232fc67a 160000
--- a/ext-src/pester
+++ b/ext-src/pester
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit dc5d388532499267e68c17c0a96153f7bc09c437
+Subproject commit 1232fc67a6a4b04a38cf6f9b14f3f9b77db34ccf
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
index a8bff344a..cce8a6bb0 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/Makefile
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ xunit-tests: $(RUN_TARGETS) internal-prepare-exec_env internal-prepare-clr $(add
 
 pester-tests: $(RUN_TARGETS) internal-prepare-exec_env internal-prepare-clr
 	# execute the Pester tests, which needs a TEMP environment variable to be set
-	$(APP_BASE)/runps-simple.sh 'cd ../../../src/pester-tests; $$env:TEMP="/tmp"; invoke-pester'
+	$(APP_BASE)/runps-simple.sh 'cd ../../../src/pester-tests; $$env:TEMP="/tmp"; invoke-pester -OutputFile ../../scripts/pestertests.xml -OutputFormat NUnitXml'
 
 hashbang-tests: all
 	# execute the 3rdparty/hashbang example