diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 29973c1..8cabbdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
         # see https://github.com/wingtk/gvsbuild/pull/1004
         Move-Item "C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin" "C:\Program Files\Git\usr\notbin"
         Move-Item "C:\Program Files\Git\bin" "C:\Program Files\Git\notbin"
-        gvsbuild build --msys-dir=C:\msys64 gtk4 libadwaita librsvg
+        gvsbuild build --vs-ver=vs2026 --msys-dir=C:\msys64 gtk4 libadwaita librsvg
         Move-Item "C:\Program Files\Git\usr\notbin" "C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin"
         Move-Item "C:\Program Files\Git\notbin" "C:\Program Files\Git\bin"
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index edf1c4e..e03f4f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
           py -m venv .venv
           .venv\Scripts\activate.ps1
           py -m pip install gvsbuild
-          gvsbuild build --vs-ver=18 --msys-dir=C:\msys64 gtk4 libadwaita librsvg
+          gvsbuild build --vs-ver=vs2026 --msys-dir=C:\msys64 gtk4 libadwaita librsvg
       - name: cargo build
         if: matrix.job == 'build'
         run: cargo build