diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 84f9cbab90..44862b8f69 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -48,10 +48,11 @@ jobs:
       # windows-2022 is missing osslsigncode (no issue, yet)
       - name: "Install osslsigncode, infozip; setup wix"
         run: |
-          choco install osslsigncode -y
-          choco install zip -y
           WIXDIR=`ls '/c/Program Files (x86)'|grep WiX`
+          echo "C:\Program Files (x86)\$WIXDIR"
           echo "C:\Program Files (x86)\$WIXDIR" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          choco install osslsigncode -y
+          choco install zip -y
 
       - name: Download Windows code signing certificate
         env: