diff --git a/commafeed-client/pom.xml b/commafeed-client/pom.xml
index 94435a13..534ce21e 100644
--- a/commafeed-client/pom.xml
+++ b/commafeed-client/pom.xml
@@ -94,4 +94,49 @@
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
+
+	<profiles>
+		<!-- This profile is used to kill the Biome process on Windows -->
+		<!-- npm ci can fail if Biome is running (e.g., in the IDE) because it locks some files -->
+		<profile>
+			<id>kill-biome</id>
+			<activation>
+				<os>
+					<family>Windows</family>
+				</os>
+			</activation>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+						<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>3.6.3</version>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>kill-biome</id>
+								<phase>initialize</phase>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>exec</goal>
+								</goals>
+								<configuration>
+									<executable>taskkill</executable>
+									<arguments>
+										<argument>/F</argument>
+										<argument>/IM</argument>
+										<argument>biome.exe</argument>
+									</arguments>
+									<successCodes>
+										<successCode>0</successCode>
+										<!-- taskkill returns 128 if the process is not found, which is fine in this case -->
+										<successCode>128</successCode>
+									</successCodes>
+								</configuration>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+		</profile>
+	</profiles>
+
 </project>
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