diff --git a/.github/workflows/desktop_artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/desktop_artifacts.yml
index 77c7857d8..19b7260d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/desktop_artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/desktop_artifacts.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install -y mingw-w64
           sudo apt-get install -y wine
           wget https://github.com/Jake-Shadle/xwin/releases/download/0.6.0/xwin-0.6.0-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.tar.gz
-          tar -xzf xwin-0.6.0-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.tar.gz -C /usr/local
+          mkdir -p $HOME/xwin
+          tar -xzf xwin-0.6.0-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.tar.gz -C $HOME/xwin
 
       - name: Cache cargo registry
         uses: actions/cache@v3
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build the crate
         env:
-          CARGO_TARGET_X86_64_PC_WINDOWS_MSVC_LINKER: x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc
+          CARGO_TARGET_X86_64_PC_WINDOWS_MSVC_LINKER: $HOME/xwin/xwin-0.6.0-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc/xwin.exe
           CARGO_TARGET_X86_64_PC_WINDOWS_MSVC_RUNNER: wine
         run: cargo build -p calimero-node --release --target ${{ matrix.target }}
 
@@ -71,4 +72,4 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: calimero-node_${{ matrix.target }}
-          path: target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/calimero-node*
+          path: target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/calimero-node*
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