diff --git a/.github/workflows/gha.yml b/.github/workflows/gha.yml
index 40270cdf5b..644b9817df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gha.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gha.yml
@@ -90,16 +90,16 @@ jobs:
 
   windows:
     name: Windows
-    runs-on: windows-latest
+    runs-on: windows-2016
     env:
       platform: x64
       VCPKG_DEFAULT_TRIPLET: x64-windows
-      GENERATOR: "Visual Studio 16 2019"
+      GENERATOR: "Visual Studio 15 2017"
       ARCH:      "x64"
       PMDK_VERSION: "1.9"
       CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE: "C:\\vcpkg\\scripts\\buildsystems\\vcpkg.cmake"
       CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX: "C:\\install\\libpmemobj-cpp"
-      MSBUILD:  "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2019\\Enterprise\\MSBuild\\Current\\Bin"
+      MSBUILD:  "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2017\\Enterprise\\MSBuild\\Current\\Bin"
     strategy:
       matrix:
         BUILD_TYPE:   [Debug, Release]