diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels.yaml b/.github/workflows/wheels.yaml
index b7263520791..1c93da42719 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           CIBW_ARCHS_LINUX: "x86_64"
           CIBW_ARCHS_MACOS: x86_64 arm64
           MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: "10.9" # as of CIBW 2.9, this is the default value, pin it so it can't be bumped silently
-          CIBW_ARCHS_WINDOWS: "auto"
+          CIBW_ARCHS_WINDOWS: auto64
           CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: "LDFLAGS='-static-libstdc++'"
           CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY: 1