diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9edb10872c..9fa27bf394 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -217,18 +217,15 @@ jobs:
             aws s3 cp ./target/${{ matrix.cargo_targets }}/optimized-release/iroh-dns-server s3://vorc/iroh-dns-server-${RELEASE_OS}-${RELEASE_ARCH}-latest --no-progress
 
         - name: Build archives
+          if: matrix.os != 'windows-latest'
           shell: bash
           run: |
-            pwd
-            ls
             IFS=',' read -ra BIN_NAMES <<< "${{ env.BIN_NAMES }}"
             ASSETS=""
             for BIN_NAME in "${BIN_NAMES[@]}"; do
               staging="$BIN_NAME-${{ needs.create-release.outputs.release_version }}-${{ matrix.cargo_targets }}"
-              echo "$staging"
               mkdir -p "$staging"
               if [ "${{ matrix.os }}" = "windows-latest" ]; then
-                echo "windows"
                 cp "target/${{ matrix.cargo_targets }}/optimized-release/$BIN_NAME.exe" "$staging/"
                 cd "$staging"
                 zip -r "../$staging.zip" .
@@ -241,6 +238,24 @@ jobs:
               fi
             done
             echo "ASSET=$(echo $ASSETS | sed 's/,$//')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+        - name: Build archives (windows)
+          if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
+          shell: pwsh
+          run: |
+            $BIN_NAMES = "${{ env.BIN_NAMES }}".Split(',')
+            $ASSETS = @()
+            foreach ($BIN_NAME in $BIN_NAMES) {
+              $staging = "$BIN_NAME-${{ needs.create-release.outputs.release_version }}-${{ matrix.cargo_targets }}"
+              New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path "$staging"
+              Copy-Item -Path "target/${{ matrix.cargo_targets }}/optimized-release/$BIN_NAME.exe" -Destination "$staging/"
+              Set-Location -Path "$staging"
+              Compress-Archive -Path * -DestinationPath "../$staging.zip"
+              $ASSETS += "$staging.zip"
+              Set-Location -Path ..
+            }
+            $ASSETS = $ASSETS -join ','
+            Write-Host "ASSET=$ASSETS" | Out-File -Append -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV
         
         - name: Install file
           shell: bash