diff --git a/.github/workflows/rdkit-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/rdkit-windows.yml
index ef4bb64..b042570 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rdkit-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rdkit-windows.yml
@@ -14,13 +14,16 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - run: |
-          curl -L -o boost.7z https://github.com/boostorg/boost/releases/download/boost-1.85.0/boost-1.85.0-b2-nodocs.7z
+          curl -L -o boost.7z https://github.com/boostorg/boost/releases/download/boost-1.85.0/boost-1.85.0-cmake.7z
           7z x boost.7z
+          cd boost-1.85.0
+          cmake -S . -B build
+          cmake --build build
+          sudo cmake --install build
 
           git clone --recursive --branch Release_2024_03_6 https://github.com/rdkit/rdkit.git
           cd rdkit
           git apply ../extra/RDKit/boost.patch
-          ls ../boost-1.85.0
           cmake -S . -B build -DBoost_DIR=../boost-1.85.0/tools/cmake/config -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DRDK_BUILD_CFFI_LIB=ON -DRDK_BUILD_COORDGEN_SUPPORT=OFF -DRDK_BUILD_CPP_TESTS=OFF -DRDK_BUILD_DESCRIPTORS3D=OFF -DRDK_BUILD_FREETYPE_SUPPORT=OFF -DRDK_BUILD_INCHI_SUPPORT=OFF -DRDK_BUILD_MAEPARSER_SUPPORT=OFF -DRDK_BUILD_PYTHON_WRAPPERS=OFF -DRDK_BUILD_QT_SUPPORT=OFF -DRDK_BUILD_SLN_SUPPORT=OFF -DRDK_OPTIMIZE_POPCNT=OFF -DRDK_TEST_MMFF_COMPLIANCE=OFF -DRDK_TEST_MULTITHREADED=OFF -DRDK_USE_BOOST_IOSTREAMS=OFF -DRDK_USE_BOOST_SERIALIZATION=OFF -DRDK_USE_BOOST_STACKTRACE=OFF -DRDK_USE_URF=OFF
           cmake --build build --config Release --parallel 4