diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3f6f208c..cc61bb82 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ on:
       zephyr-ref:
         description: 'Zephyr Ref (branch, tag, SHA, ...)'
         required: true
-        default: collab-sdk-0.18-dev
+        default: collab-sdk-dev
       host:
         description: 'Host'
         type: choice
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ env:
   BUG_URL: 'https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/sdk-ng/issues'
   BUNDLE_NAME: Zephyr SDK
   BUNDLE_PREFIX: zephyr-sdk
-  ZEPHYR_REF: collab-sdk-0.18-dev
+  ZEPHYR_REF: collab-sdk-dev
 
 jobs:
   # Setup
@@ -492,8 +492,11 @@ jobs:
         # Install dependencies for cross compilation
         if [ "${{ matrix.host.name }}" == "windows-x86_64" ]; then
           # Make MinGW-w64 win32 cross toolchain available in PATH
-          echo "/opt/mingw-w64-win32/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-          export PATH="/opt/mingw-w64-win32/bin:$PATH"
+          #echo "/opt/mingw-w64-win32/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          #export PATH="/opt/mingw-w64-win32/bin:$PATH"
+          # Install MinGW-w64 cross toolchain
+          sudo apt-get install -y binutils-mingw-w64 gcc-mingw-w64 \
+                                  g++-mingw-w64
 
           # Build and install libboost-regex for MinGW-w64 host
           ## Check out Boost library source code