diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b27361a9..5756faa7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@ jobs:
           # macOS — universal build (arm64 + x64) on Apple Silicon runner
           - os: macos-latest
             args: --mac --arm64 --x64
-          # Windows — x64 + arm64 on x64 runner
-          - os: windows-latest
+          # Windows — x64 + arm64 on x64 runner.
+          # Pinned to windows-2022 (VS 2022 / v17): the windows-latest image
+          # ships VS "18", which the node-gyp bundled with electron-rebuild
+          # cannot detect ("unknown version undefined") when compiling
+          # uiohook-napi in postinstall.
+          - os: windows-2022
             args: --win --x64 --arm64
           # Linux — x64 on x64 runner
           - os: ubuntu-latest
@@ -35,9 +39,19 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install Linux build dependencies
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+        # Full X11 dev header set required to compile libuiohook (uiohook-napi)
+        # from source in postinstall. Derived from the headers its sources
+        # include: Xlib/XKB (libx11-dev), XTest+record (libxtst-dev), Intrinsic
+        # (libxt-dev), Xrandr (libxrandr-dev), Xinerama (libxinerama-dev),
+        # Xlib-xcb (libx11-xcb-dev), XKBrules (libxkbfile-dev), xkbcommon
+        # (libxkbcommon-dev, libxkbcommon-x11-dev). Missing libxrandr-dev was
+        # the original build failure (Xrandr.h: No such file or directory).
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y libx11-dev libxtst-dev libxt-dev libxkbcommon-dev
+          sudo apt-get install -y \
+            libx11-dev libxtst-dev libxt-dev \
+            libxkbcommon-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev libxkbfile-dev \
+            libxrandr-dev libxinerama-dev libx11-xcb-dev
 
       - name: Setup pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4