diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index 7090d8889e43..e9a9c788cff3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
 
     env:
       # git revision of gvsbuild we use for to build GLib and the other dependencies
-      gvsbuildref: bb1d2691d25c7bb1239118a907c8e21b1aa24e03
+      gvsbuildref: 230e1074047b9654b76217c5d48b10c726fbe0f6
 
       # bump this number if you want to force a rebuild of gvsbuild with the same revision
       gvsbuildupdate: 1
diff --git a/cairo/sys/Cargo.toml b/cairo/sys/Cargo.toml
index 27f4574b1160..b40f1c530e4c 100644
--- a/cairo/sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cairo/sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ version = "2.16"
 features = ["xlib"]
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-windows-sys = { version = "0.59", features = ["Win32_Graphics_Gdi"], optional = true }
+windows-sys = { version = ">=0.52, <=0.59", features = ["Win32_Graphics_Gdi"], optional = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 system-deps = "7"
diff --git a/gio/sys/Cargo.toml b/gio/sys/Cargo.toml
index 93496a55970e..77e007f993f9 100644
--- a/gio/sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gio/sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ workspace = true
 workspace = true
 
 [target."cfg(windows)".dependencies.windows-sys]
-version = "0.59"
+version = ">=0.52, <=0.59"
 features = ["Win32_Networking_WinSock"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]