diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3655a019cb9..52e77997216 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ jobs:
           py -3 test/fuzz/test_runner.py --par $NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS --loglevel DEBUG "${RUNNER_TEMP}/qa-assets/fuzz_corpora"
 
   windows-cross:
-    name: 'Linux->Windows cross, no tests'
+    name: 'Windows-cross to x86_64'
     needs: runners
     runs-on: ${{ needs.runners.outputs.provider == 'cirrus' && 'ghcr.io/cirruslabs/ubuntu-runner-amd64:24.04-sm' || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     if: ${{ vars.SKIP_BRANCH_PUSH != 'true' || github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: x86_64-w64-mingw32-executables-${{ github.run_id }}
           path: |
+            ${{ env.BASE_BUILD_DIR }}/bin/*.dll
             ${{ env.BASE_BUILD_DIR }}/bin/*.exe
             ${{ env.BASE_BUILD_DIR }}/src/secp256k1/bin/*.exe
             ${{ env.BASE_BUILD_DIR }}/src/univalue/*.exe
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_win64.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_win64.sh
index 110db1a8f1e..3a349105e06 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_win64.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_win64.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ export PACKAGES="g++-mingw-w64-x86-64-posix nsis"
 export RUN_UNIT_TESTS=false
 export RUN_FUNCTIONAL_TESTS=false
 export GOAL="deploy"
-export BITCOIN_CONFIG="-DREDUCE_EXPORTS=ON -DBUILD_GUI_TESTS=OFF -DBUILD_KERNEL_LIB=ON -DBUILD_KERNEL_TEST=ON \
+export BITCOIN_CONFIG="\
+  --preset=dev-mode \
+  -DENABLE_IPC=OFF \
+  -DWITH_USDT=OFF \
+  -DREDUCE_EXPORTS=ON \
   -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='-Wno-error=maybe-uninitialized' \
 "