diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e4462ad44..6591347e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+          python -m pip install -r win_requirements.txt
 
       - name: Download ICE adapter and UID calculator
         run: |
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ad602254f..e8838ad04 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,5 @@ pytest
 pytest-cov
 pytest-mock
 pytest-qt
-pywin32
 semantic_version
 zstandard
diff --git a/win_requirements.txt b/win_requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbf6b851d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/win_requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-r requirements.txt
+pywin32