diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
index d0a5db4a76..c42fdc7e7a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
@@ -188,19 +188,19 @@ jobs:
         # Bug in Qt 5.14+: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61045959/windeployqt-error-unable-to-find-the-platform-plugin
         windeployqt --release QOwnNotes.exe
         # this dlls where missed by windeployqt
-        copy ..\..\Qt\5.13.2\mingw73_64\bin\libwinpthread-1.dll .
-        copy ..\..\Qt\5.13.2\mingw73_64\bin\libgcc_s_seh-1.dll .
+        copy ..\..\Qt\5.15.1\mingw81_64\bin\libwinpthread-1.dll .
+        copy ..\..\Qt\5.15.1\mingw81_64\bin\libgcc_s_seh-1.dll .
         # this dll didn't work when released by windeployqt
         # important: this dll needs to be updated when a new version of Qt is used!
         # search for it in the mingw* folder of your local installation of Qt
         # Update: we are trying a direct copy again
-        copy ..\..\Qt\5.13.2\mingw73_64\bin\libstdc++-6.dll .
+        copy ..\..\Qt\5.15.1\mingw81_64\bin\libstdc++-6.dll .
         # for some reason AppVeyor or windeployqt uses a copy of the German
         # translation file as English one, which screws up the English user interface
         del translations\qt_en.qm
         Compress-Archive -Path * -DestinationPath ..\QOwnNotes.zip
-        Compress-Archive -Path ..\..\Qt\5.13.2\mingw73_64\qml\QtQuick\* -DestinationPath ..\QtQuick.zip
-        tree ..\..\Qt\5.13.2 /f
+        Compress-Archive -Path ..\..\Qt\5.15.1\mingw81_64\qml\QtQuick\* -DestinationPath ..\QtQuick.zip
+        tree ..\..\Qt\5.15.1 /f
 
     #
     # Release QOwnNotes