diff --git a/.github/workflows/capi.yaml b/.github/workflows/capi.yaml
index 65f35070c..a487b27e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/capi.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/capi.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     branches-ignore:
       - pycli
       - bump-pyo3-version
+      - windows-cli-wheels
 
 jobs:
   capi:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cli-wheels-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/cli-wheels-windows.yml
index 52655c73f..e0d76e755 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cli-wheels-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cli-wheels-windows.yml
@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@ name: Generate CLI wheels for Windows
 # this workflow doesn't do (yet) what it promises; we keep this file to not lose the progress
 
 on:
+  push:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   cli-wheels-windows:
     runs-on: windows-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        target: [x64]
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: msys2 {0}
@@ -26,12 +24,12 @@ jobs:
             gcc
             make
             autoconf
-            python3
             curl
             tar
-            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-pkg-config
-            mingw-w64-rust
-            mingw-w64-python-maturin
+            patch
+            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-pkgconf
+            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-rust
+            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-python-maturin
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           # WARNING: be careful with the ordering - the last version is the
@@ -50,25 +48,47 @@ jobs:
             3.10
       - name: Install LHAPDF
         run: |
-          curl "https://lhapdf.hepforge.org/downloads/?f=LHAPDF-6.5.4.tar.gz" | tar xzf -
-          cd LHAPDF-6.5.4
+          export LHAPDF_V=6.5.4
+          wget "https://lhapdf.hepforge.org/downloads/?f=LHAPDF-${LHAPDF_V}.tar.gz" -O- | tar xzf -
+          cd LHAPDF-${LHAPDF_V}
+          # add missing header
+          patch -l -p0 <<EOF
+          --- src/Paths.cc	2023-03-10 18:35:19.000000000 +0100
+          +++ src/Paths.cc.new	2025-03-19 19:42:02.330512613 +0100
+          @@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
+
+
+             void setPaths(const string& pathstr) {
+          -    setenv("LHAPDF_DATA_PATH", pathstr.c_str(), 1);
+          +    string arg = "LHAPDF_DATA_PATH=" + pathstr;
+          +    putenv(arg.data());
+             }
+
+
+          EOF
           # compiling with Python gives errors, but we also don't need Python
-          ./configure --disable-python --disable-shared
+          ./configure --disable-python --disable-shared --prefix=/ucrt64/
           make -j
           make install
+      - name: Test pkg-config
+        run: |
           # print the path of `pkgconf`
           command -v pkg-config
-      - name: Set pkg-config paths
-        run: |
-          # for some reason `pkg-config` isn't properly found by Rust
-          echo "PKG_CONFIG=$(command -v pkg-config)" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+          command -v pkgconf
+          # show LHAPDF's .pc file
+          pkg-config lhapdf --path
+          cat $(pkg-config lhapdf --path)
+          echo ${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}
           echo "PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/ucrt64/lib/pkgconfig:${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
-          echo "${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}"
+      - name: Patch pineappl_cli/pyproject.toml
+        run: |
+          # on Windows we can't build with all features (yet)
+          sed -i '/all-features/d' pineappl_cli/pyproject.toml
       - name: Build wheels
         run:
-          maturin build --release --out dist --find-interpreter --manifest-path pineappl_cli/Cargo.toml --target ${{ matrix.target }}
+          maturin build --release --out dist --find-interpreter --manifest-path pineappl_cli/Cargo.toml --features=static -- -Ctarget-feature=+crt-static
       - name: Upload wheels
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: ${{ github.job }}-${{ matrix.target }}
+          name: ${{ github.job }}
           path: dist
diff --git a/.github/workflows/msrv.yml b/.github/workflows/msrv.yml
index cc8d68158..b5354a69b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/msrv.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/msrv.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     branches-ignore:
       - pycli
       - bump-pyo3-version
+      - windows-cli-wheels
 
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python.yml b/.github/workflows/python.yml
index 84c6d9b05..7080514bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches-ignore:
       - pycli
+      - windows-cli-wheels
 
 jobs:
   test:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 9ddec0b83..8fe9202af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     branches-ignore:
       - pycli
       - bump-pyo3-version
+      - windows-cli-wheels
 
 defaults:
   run: