diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml
index 65adca0..4e9193f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
         default: "dev"
 env:
   QT_VERSION: "6.7.2"
-  GO_VERSION: "1.23.0"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.23.4"
   LIBPLIST_VER: "2.7.0"
   LIBTATSU_VER: "1.0.5"
   LIBIMOBILEDEVICE_GLUE_VER: "1.3.2"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-macos.yml b/.github/workflows/build-macos.yml
index 5709f83..1e6e04e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-macos.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
         default: "dev"
 env:
   QT_VERSION: "6.7.2"
-  GO_VERSION: "1.23.0"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.23.4"
   LIBPLIST_VER: "2.7.0"
   LIBTATSU_VER: "1.0.5"
   LIBIMOBILEDEVICE_GLUE_VER: "1.3.2"
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
-          go-version: "^1.23.0"
+          go-version: "^${{ env.GO_VERSION }}"
 
       - name: Install macOS dependencies
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml
index d388a31..61db7fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ on:
         type: string
         default: "dev"
 env:
-  QT_VERSION: "6.8.0"
-  GO_VERSION: "1.23.0"
+  QT_VERSION: "6.8.3"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.23.4"
   LIBPLIST_VER: "2.7.0"
   LIBTATSU_VER: "1.0.5"
   LIBIMOBILEDEVICE_GLUE_VER: "1.3.2"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build-windows:
-    runs-on: windows-latest
+    runs-on: windows-2022
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: msys2 {0}
@@ -43,32 +43,67 @@ jobs:
           msystem: mingw64
           release: false
           update: false
-          install: >-
-            coreutils
-            base-devel
-            git
-            make
-            libtool
-            autoconf
-            automake-wrapper
-            p7zip
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-pugixml
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-libusb
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-qrencode
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-curl
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-openssl
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-libzip
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-go
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-gstreamer
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-base
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-good
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-bad
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-ugly
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-libav
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-libheif
-            mingw-w64-x86_64-libarchive
+
+      # FIXME: use ./util/get-msys2-archive.go to download the archive db
+      # for now, since we install go from pacman, we better do it this way
+      - name: Use msys2 archive
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          # Base URL for the 2025-06-22 MSYS2 archive release
+          $baseUrl = "https://github.com/msys2/msys2-archive/releases/download/2025-06-22"
+
+          $databases = @(
+              "clang64",
+              "clangarm64",
+              "mingw32",
+              "mingw64",
+              "msys",
+              "ucrt64"
+          )
+
+          $targetDir = "C:\msys64\var\lib\pacman\sync"
+
+          foreach ($db in $databases) {
+              $dbUrl = "$baseUrl/$db.db"
+              $sigUrl = "$baseUrl/$db.db.sig"
+
+              $dbFile = Join-Path $targetDir "$db.db"
+              $sigFile = Join-Path $targetDir "$db.db.sig"
+
+              Write-Host "Downloading $db.db ..."
+              Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $dbUrl -OutFile $dbFile
+
+              Write-Host "Downloading $db.db.sig ..."
+              Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $sigUrl -OutFile $sigFile
+          }
+
+      - name: Install deps using pacman
+        run: |
+          pacman -S --needed --noconfirm \
+          coreutils \
+          base-devel \
+          git \
+          make \
+          libtool \
+          autoconf \
+          automake-wrapper \
+          p7zip \
+          mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc \
+          mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake \
+          mingw-w64-x86_64-pugixml \
+          mingw-w64-x86_64-libusb \
+          mingw-w64-x86_64-qrencode \
+          mingw-w64-x86_64-curl \
+          mingw-w64-x86_64-openssl \
+          mingw-w64-x86_64-libzip \
+          mingw-w64-x86_64-go \
+          mingw-w64-x86_64-gstreamer \
+          mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-base \
+          mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-good \
+          mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-bad \
+          mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-ugly \
+          mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-libav \
+          mingw-w64-x86_64-libheif
 
       - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v5
         with: