diff --git a/.codeql-prebuild-cpp-Windows.sh b/.codeql-prebuild-cpp-Windows.sh
index ff2dc26d548..98b49cc8d6b 100644
--- a/.codeql-prebuild-cpp-Windows.sh
+++ b/.codeql-prebuild-cpp-Windows.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,16 @@ set -e
 # update pacman
 pacman --noconfirm -Suy
 
-# install dependencies
+# install wget
 pacman --noconfirm -S \
+  wget
+
+# download working curl
+wget https://repo.msys2.org/mingw/ucrt64/mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-curl-8.8.0-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
+
+# install dependencies
+pacman -U --noconfirm mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-curl-8.8.0-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
+pacman -Syu --noconfirm --ignore=mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-curl \
   base-devel \
   diffutils \
   gcc \
@@ -14,7 +22,6 @@ pacman --noconfirm -S \
   mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-boost \
   mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-cmake \
   mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-cppwinrt \
-  mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-curl \
   mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-graphviz \
   mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-miniupnpc \
   mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-nlohmann-json \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 977eba517ff..1d902563fce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -938,20 +938,30 @@ jobs:
           msystem: ucrt64
           update: true
           install: >-
-            doxygen
-            git
-            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-boost
-            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-cmake
-            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-cppwinrt
-            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-curl
-            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-graphviz
-            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-miniupnpc
-            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-nlohmann-json
-            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-nodejs
-            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-nsis
-            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-onevpl
-            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-openssl
-            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-opus
+            wget
+
+      - name: Update Windows dependencies
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+        run: |
+          # download working curl
+          wget https://repo.msys2.org/mingw/ucrt64/mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-curl-8.8.0-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
+
+          # install dependencies
+          pacman -U --noconfirm mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-curl-8.8.0-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
+          pacman -Syu --noconfirm --ignore=mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-curl \
+            doxygen \
+            git \
+            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-boost \
+            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-cmake \
+            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-cppwinrt \
+            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-graphviz \
+            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-miniupnpc \
+            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-nlohmann-json \
+            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-nodejs \
+            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-nsis \
+            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-onevpl \
+            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-openssl \
+            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-opus \
             mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-toolchain
 
       - name: Setup python